China Shaibeitan Hydropower Project (hereinafter referred to as “the project”) is a newly-built hydropower station. The project is located in the upstream of Baishui River (a branch of Xiangjiang River) in Shaibeitan Town, Qiyang County, Yongzhou City, Hunan Province, the People’s Republic of China. The total installed capacity is 35 MW with annual operation time of 3,345 hours. The surface area at the full reservoir level is 3.9 km2 , thus the power density of the project is 9.0W/m2. The electricity is delivered to the Central China Power Grid (CCPG) which mainly consists of fuel-fired power plants. When the project is completed, it can produce total electricity of 117,080 MWh and supply net electricity of 109,000 MWh to CCPG annually 1.

The electricity generated by the project can displace part of the electricity generated by CCPG. When the project is put into operation, the expected annual GHG emission reductions are 93,139 tCO2e. The project activity will promote the local and national sustainable development powerfully in the following aspects:

Reduce the GHG emission to mitigate the trend of global warming by providing clean electric power. Create about 200 job opportunities during the construction period, and more than 30 positions after the project is put into operation. Improve the local infrastructure by the project owner as a part of the project activities such as roads construction.