RusHydro, China Three Gorges express interest in joint river control project

JSC RusHydro and China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG) have announced their interest in constructing storage-based hydroelectric projects along feeders of the Amur River.

RusHydro, China Three Gorges express interest in joint river control project

JSC RusHydro and China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG) have announced their interest in constructing storage-based hydroelectric projects along feeders of the Amur River.

Per an agreement signed by RusHydro‘s Evgeny Dod and CTG’s Cao Guangjing in Beijing, the two will cooperate in considering reservoir-based hydropower projects that could benefit both countries.

The companies not only agreed to discuss the partnership’s organizational form of cooperation and financing principles, but also proposals for the potential sale of energy generated by the new hydropower plants.

The discussion was wrought by flooding in the Amur River Basin in 2013 that affected parts in both countries. High volume flows from China’s Ussuri and Sungari rivers flowed into Russia’s Khabarovsk region.

The two rivers combine for about 35% of the Amur River’s flow, according to RusHydro, with a “significant part” of it still unregulated by reservoirs.

RusHydro said the construction of new dams with large reservoirs is essential in mitigating potential flooding, while counter-regulator dams in tailraces at existing hydropower plants will also be explored.

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