World’s largest clean‑energy corridor reports strong Q1 performance
2026-04-18 19:04:21
By Chen Zai
The world's largest clean-energy corridor, which includes six cascade hydropower stations from Wudongde to Gezhouba along the Yangtze River, operated smoothly in the first quarter. It replenished 20.3 billion cubic meters of water downstream and generated 61.8 billion kWh of electricity, a 7.2% increase from the previous year.
The world's largest clean-energy corridor, which includes six cascade hydropower stations from Wudongde to Gezhouba along the Yangtze River, operated smoothly in the first quarter. It replenished 20.3 billion cubic meters of water downstream and generated 61.8 billion kWh of electricity, a 7.2% increase from the previous year.
An aerial drone photo of the Three Gorges ship locks and ship lift. Photo by Wang Gang.
Stretching 1,800 kilometers, the corridor built by the China Three Gorges Corporation includes six major hydropower stations along the Yangtze River: Wudongde, Baihetan, Xiluodu, Xiangjiaba, the Three Gorges, and Gezhouba.
In the first quarter, the Three Gorges ship locks managed 2,259 lockages and handled 35.47 million tons of cargo. The Three Gorges ship lift made 869 trips, transporting 430,000 tons of cargo and over 100,000 passengers.
The corridor has a total installed capacity of 71.7 million kilowatts, producing around 300 billion kWh of green electricity annually, which reduces CO₂ emissions by approximately 248 million tons each year.
