Five more hydraulic power stations will be built by 2015 on the waterpower-rich Wujiang River, which flows through Guizhou Province in southwest China, according to the provincial government on Tuesday.

The five waterpower stations are the Hongjiadu and Suofengying waterpower stations, each with an installed capacity of 600,000 kilowatts, Goupitan power station with an installed capacity of 3 million kilowatts, Silin waterpower station with an installed capacity of 1.12 million kilowatts and the 1 million kilowatts Shatuo station.

Goupitan waterpower station, the largest to be built on the Wujiang River, will go into operation in 2009, and construction of the Silin and Shatuo power stations will begin this year and next, respectively.

The 1,037-kilometer-long Wujiang River, with a fall of 2,124 meters, has a runoff of 53.4 billion cubic meters. As one of China 's 12 major waterpower bases, the river has a reserve of waterpower totaling 18.47 million kilowatts, ranking sixth in China. The river is a major power source for China's massive West- to-East Power Transmission Project.

Guizhou also abounds in coal resources. According to plan, the installed capacity of the province's thermal power stations will reach 31.96 million kilowatts by the year 2010.

Source: Xinhua