electric power generation
located on jinsha river on the common border of sichuan and yunnan, xiluodu hydropower station is the backbone project for china's west to east power transmission project. centering on power generation, the station has comprehensive benefits such as flood control, sand blocking and improving downstream navigation conditions, and can also provide cascade compensation for downstream plants. it supplies electricity mainly to east china, central china, and also meets needs of sichuan and yunnan. it is the power supply the nearest to the west to east power transmission project and also the largest hydropower station on jinsha river. xiluodu hydropower station's installed capacity is the second in china and the third largest in the world among all hydropower stations. started at the end of 2005, it achieved closure in 2007. in march 2009, concrete pouring was started for its main dam body. an underground powerhouse was built for the first batch of hydro-generator units on the left and right sides each in 2013, where 9 giant water-turbine generator sets were installed with the installed capacity of 770,000 kilowatts each. with a total capacity of 13.86 million kilowatts, it ranks only after three gorges hydropower station and itaipu hydropower station. at 21:50 pm on june 30, 2014, no. 1 generation unit on the left bank completed its 72-hour trial operation and put into production in xiluodu hydropower station. so far, all generation units of xiluodu hydropower station had put into production. tbea provided ssp-h-860000/500 uhv super-capacity combined transformers and other core power transmission and transformation equipments for xiluodu hydropower station.