It will consist of three power generating units with an installed capacity of 200 megawatts, said Hou Daiping, vice president of the Guangxi Water Resources and Electric Power Group Co., Ltd.
They will ease the power supply bottleneck in Kizilsu and neighboring Kashi Prefecture, said Yan Fenxin, a top official in Kizilsu Prefecture.
Fenxin said the new stations would develop the Gez River more efficiently, guarantee irrigation of around 100,000 hectares of cropland and forests and reduce flood risks in the lower reaches of the river.
Kizilsu Prefecture borders Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan and is a major water source for Xinjiang. Its seven rivers, with a combined annual water flow of 14 billion cubic meters, can supply at least 5 million kW of electricity per year.
