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Bala hydroelectric plant
2089th-largest power plant in China of 11,537 · top 20% worldwide (#5,905 of 29,849)
- Operator
- Sichuan Jiaomuzu River Valley Hdyropower Development
- Owner
- China Power Construction Hydropower Development Group Co Ltd, Aba Prefecture State Asset Management Co Ltd
- Status
- operating
- Capacity
- 746 MW
- Fuel
- hydro
- Commissioned
- 2025
Comparable power plants · China · 11,537 ranked
- #1Motuo hydroelectric plant60.0 GW · hydro
- #2087Yunnan Luxi Yongning wind farm750 MW · wind
- #2088Batang hydroelectric plant750 MW · hydro
- #2089Bala hydroelectric plant746 MW · hydro
- #2090Pingshan Jingye Pyroacid Co., Ltd. power project745 MW · gas
- #2091Jilin Songyuan Green Hydrogen/Ammonia/Methanol wind and solar farm wind farm745 MW · wind
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Sichuan Ma'erkang Yinglang solar farm11 km · Power Plant · 300 MW · solar
- Dawei hydroelectric plant21 km · Power Plant · 270 MW · hydro
- Sichuan Nagwa Rong'an solar farm24 km · Power Plant · 699 MW · solar
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SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Integrated Power (CC BY 4.0)