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Generator Number 7 800 MW power plant at Syantszyaba started after a three-day test operation, said China Three Gorges Corporation `` (`Three Gorges`), the operator of the power station.
The second of the first group of generators at number 8, which is to start in operation, continues to work in test mode.
This power plant, the project has eight generators with capacity of 800 MW, second only to the Three Gorges hydropower plant and Silodu. The total capacity of the generating facility is 6.4 GW. Prior to that, the palm held hydroelectric Three Gorges hydropower plant unit capacity of 700 MW.
Construction of power plant Syantszyaba, located on the Jinsha River, the upper reaches of the main Yangtze River, which flows through the provinces of Yunnan and Sichuan in southwest China, began in late 2006. The accumulation of water in the reservoir began on 10 October this year.
