China Hydropower Project Proceeds as Planned After Protest
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China Three Gorges Corp., operator of the world’s largest dam, said its Xiangjiaba hydropower project in southwestern China will continue as planned after local residents ended a five-day protest this week.
“The Xiangjiaba project is progressing as planned,” Yan Fei, a spokeswoman for China Three Gorges, said in a text message sent by mobile phone today. “There has been no notice of changes to the plans.” The hydropower facility will have total capacity of 6.4 gigawatts and is expected to start electricity generation in June 2012, according to China Three Gorges’ website.