Kesaiyi
Hydropower Station
- Installed capacity
- 100MW
- Average annual generation
- 332GWh
- Annual utilization
- 3,322h
- Dam height
- 108m
- Total reservoir storage
- 95million m³
Overview
Our largest plant, fed by Altai snowmelt and regulated by a seasonal reservoir.
Kesaiyi joined our fleet in December 2024. Within eight months, the team repaired seepage paths in the dam and headrace tunnel, passed the periodic dam safety inspection by the National Energy Administration's dam safety center, raised the operating level and increased annual generation by about 20%.
Technical data
- Status
- In operation since December 2017
- Plant history
- COD Dec 2017 · In our fleet since 2024
- Location
- Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang
- Operating company
- Xinjiang Altay Huaning Hydropower Investment & Development Co., Ltd.
- Water source
- Predominantly snowmelt
- Regulation
- Seasonal
- Units
- 2 × 50 MW vertical Francis
- Dam
- 108 m high
- Total / active storage
- 95.0 / 38.72 million m³
- Average annual generation
- 332 GWh
- Annual utilization
- 3,322 hours
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Kesaiyi · Altay, Xinjiang