A technician monitors the operation of No. 7 generating unit at the control room of the power station of the Three Gorges Project in central China's Hubei Province April 30, 2004. The No. 7 generating unit began the generation of electricity on Friday. So far, eight generating units each with an installed capacity of 700,000 kw have become operational with a daily generated energy of 115 million kwh. With a total investment of 180 billion yuan (21.76 billion US dollars), the project started in 1993 and is scheduled for completion in 2009.