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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
CHENGDU, May 23 (Xinhua) — China ranks first in the world in the number of reservoirs and dams, as well as in the installed capacity of hydroelectric power plants (HPPs), according to the 28th Congress of the International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD) held in Chengdu, capital of southwest China’s Sichuan Province.
Congress participants noted that China, in the process of responding to climate risks, has developed a comprehensive systemic solution that can be adopted by other countries around the world.
According to the National Energy Administration of China, as of December 2024, China had built more than 94,000 dams, the highest number in the world. The country’s total installed hydroelectric power capacity reached 436 million kW, of which 377 million kW were conventional hydroelectric power plants.
China’s annual hydroelectric power generation capacity was 1.42 trillion kilowatt-hours, accounting for 57 percent of the country’s total renewable electricity generation.
The total capacity of China’s reservoirs is approaching 1 trillion cubic meters, including flood-control capacity of 185.6 billion cubic meters. The reservoirs provide an annual water supply of 270 billion cubic meters and support the irrigation of 532 million mu (about 35.5 million hectares) of farmland. -0-