The world’s largest impulse hydropower generator completes rotor hoisting in Southwest China’s Xizang_我的网站
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A view of the inlet spherical valve for Unit 1 at Zhala Hydropower Station. Photo: Screenshot from Dongfang Electric Corporation's Wechat account The world's largest impulse hydropower unit successfully completed its rotor hoisting at the Datang Zhala Hydropower Station in Southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region on Tuesday, the CCTV News reported. The milestone marks China's entry into the world's leading ranks in innovating core technologies for ultra-high-head, large-capacity impulse hydropower equipment, which will support the development of clean energy in southeastern Xizang. The Datang Zhala Hydropower Station is a major national project for transmitting electricity from Xizang to other regions. It is equipped with two 500-megawatts impulse units, the largest single-unit generator of this capacity globally, which features technological advantages such as high altitude, ultra-high head, and large capacity. The project is also the first approved megawatt-level hydropower project in Xizang and a key power source for China's national-level clean energy demonstration base integrating hydropower, wind, and solar resources in southeastern Xizang region, according to media reports. The rotor hoisted on Wednesday is the "power heart" of the generator that enables energy conversion. Weighing about 840 tons, equivalent to the total weight of 560 sedan cars, its successful installation marks the final sprint phase before the project goes into commercial operation, the report said. Once fully operational, the hydropower station will generate nearly 4 billion kilowatt hours of clean renewable electricity annually, saving 1.3 million tons of standard coal and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 3.42 million tons. The Datang Zala Hydropower Station is located on the Yuqu River, a tributary of the Nu River, which flows from Southwest China's Yunnan Province to eastern Myanmar and empties into the Andaman Sea. 。 The opening of the movie "The Exorcist: Believer" has been moved a week earlier to avoid competition with Taylor Swift's concert movie, the producer of the horror film, Jason Blum, confirmed Thursday on social media.Blum posted the new release date of Oct. 6 on X, formerly known as Twitter, with the hashtag #TaylorWins. "The Exorcist: Believer" and Swift's concert movie based on her smash "The Eras" tour were both first scheduled to be released on Oct. 13. Fans had dubbed the pending double release "Exorswift" on social media, but the potential of "Swifties" overshadowing the demonic film —the sixth installment in "The Exorcist" franchise— proved too powerful. "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour" smashed advanced sales records on the first day of presales for the concert movie with AMC –the movie chain distributing the film– reporting $26 million in sales on Friday. The movie "shattered records for single-day advance ticket sales revenue at AMC," the company said in a statement. The previous record of $16.9 million was held by "Spider-Man: No Way Home," which Swift beat in just three hours, AMC said.
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