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China’s official July 19, 2025 government/Xinhua report confirms construction launch and publishes approximately CNY1.2 trillion total investment for a five-cascade hydropower programme. This full-complex investment is not a budget for one individual dam. GEM’s inspected August 2026 inventory reports 60,000 MW for the construction project; it is a design rating, not existing operating output. The government groundbreaking article itself does not publish the MW figure.
Published project rating: 60000 MW. 60,000 MW design capacity from GEM August 2026 inventory, not independently given in the cost announcement
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China announced construction of the lower Yarlung Zangbo hydropower programme on July 19, 2025. The official report describes five cascade stations and an estimated CNY 1.2 trillion total investment.[1]
The groundbreaking took place at Mainling. The source does not publish individual station capacity, cost allocations or separate operation dates.[1]