#Environment
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Baihetan Hydropower Plant went
on-stream China has began operating 289-metre high Baihetan Hydropower Station, which is second in the world only to the country's Three Gorges Dam in terms of power generation.
It is part of a cascade of dams on the Jinsha River, a tributary of the Yangtze (the longest river in Asia).
It is part of Chinese efforts to curb surging fossil fuel demand by building more hydropower capacity, despite dams having fallen out of favour in other countries due to environmental complaints
It disrupt the ecology of rivers, threatening for fishes and other species.
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About the Dam: It has been built with a total installed capacity of 16,000 megawatts.
It will eventually be able to generate enough electricity each day once to meet the power needs of 5,00,000 people for an entire year.
China's pledge in 2020 to reach carbon neutrality by 2060 had also added urgency to the construction.
