The hydroelectric dam is one and a half times taller than the Three Gorges Dam coming into operation

O Dong Duc Dam generated electricity from all 12 generators on June 16, supplying electricity from the Yangtze valley in the southwest to the most populous areas in the country.

O Dong Duc - the 7th largest hydroelectric dam in the world , plays an important role in the plan to meet the increasing domestic electricity consumption demand while reducing emissions. Yang Zongli, project manager for the dam, said the station's 12 turbines could help the country meet its goal of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by at least 65% from 2005 levels by 2030 and becoming carbon neutral by 2060. When all turbines come into operation, the power supply for Guangdong - Hong Kong - Macau area will be guaranteed.

Wudongde Dam on the border between Yunnan and Sichuan provinces. (Photo: Xinhua).

O Dong Duc hydropower station will provide an average of 38.9 billion kilowatt-hours (KWH) of electricity a year after operating at full capacity, equivalent to burning 12.2 million tons of coal, reducing 30.5 million tons of gas. carbon dioxide emissions. The station's one-day electricity capacity alone is enough to meet the electricity needs of 300,000 people for a year. After the first generator set started running late in June 2020, the station produced 24 billion KWH, enough to supply the city of 8.5 million people for 8 months.

The $18.7 billion Wudong dam crosses the Jinsha River, the upper tributary of the Yangtze River, near the border between Yunnan and Sichuan provinces. In 2015, before construction began, geologists and water experts warned that damming in earthquake-prone areas was very risky and that the dam could be ecologically destructive in the lower Yangtze River. .

With a total capacity of 7.4 billion m ³ of water, equivalent to nearly 3 million Olympic swimming pools, dams in East Germany designed to control flooding and river traffic help becomes easier. The maximum flood discharge of the dam can be reached 27.000m ³ of water per second, enough to fill the West Lake in Hangzhou in 7 minutes.

This is the first dam in a series of 4 dams down the Kim Sa River. With a height of 270m, O Dong Duc is one of the tallest dams in the world, far exceeding the Tam Hiep Dam 950km to the east (181m).