Four large hydropower stations ran by China Three Gorges Corporation generated 190.9 billion kwh of electricity in 2015, the company said Monday.
The amount was 2.1 percent lower than the 194.9 billion kwh in 2014 mainly because the Three Gorges Reservoir received nearly 30 percent less water upstream, thus affecting power generation.
The Three Gorges hydropower project, the country's largest with a generating capacity of 22.4 gigawatts, located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, generated 87 billion kwh of electricity last year.
Xiluodu, the country's second largest, generated 55.2 billion kwh and Xiangjiaba, the third largest in operation, generated 30.7 billion kwh. The smaller Gezhouba generated 18 billion kwh.
On Dec. 24, the company started construction of the country's new third largest hydropower station, Wudongde, located upstream from Xiluodu and Xiangjiaba on the Jinsha River, the upper section of the Yangtze.
