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Duodi Hydropower Station

Lhasa, China

The 3576th largest power station in the world

0.7 MW · Capacity

The Duodi Hydropower Station, also called as Duodigou Hydropower Station, is the first hydropower station in Tibet and the second in China, which was destroyed by a flood and shut down in 1946 and rebuilt in October 1956. Duodi Hydropower Station is located in the northern suburbs of Lhasa, with a total installed capacity of 660 kilowatts. The hydropower station was commented by some Chinese writers as "the scientific light of Tibet under the theocracy".

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