白鹤滩水电站百万千瓦机组投产过半

Half of the power-generating units in Southwest China’s Baihetan hydropower station have gone operational after the eighth power-generating unit, No.5, passed a 72-hour trial operation Monday.

5月30日，白鹤滩水电站5号机组顺利通过72小时试运行，正式投产发电。

The mega project has a total of 16 power-generating units, with a total installed capacity of 16 million kilowatts.
这是白鹤滩水电站投产发电的第8台机组，标志着白鹤滩水电站16台百万千瓦水轮发电机组已投产过半。白鹤滩水电站总装机容量1600万千瓦。

Once fully operational, the hydropower station will generate an average of more than 62.4 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity every year, sufficient for the annual electricity consumption of approximately 75 million people.
电站机组全部投产后，预计多年平均发电量超过624亿千瓦时，能够满足约7500万人一年的生活用电需求。