Building a grid for a nation: the Three Gorges project is at the heart of China's power sector restructuring plans. Once complete, the project will add 18.2 GW to China's generation capacity but perhaps more importantly, it will form the backbone of China's plan for a strong national grid

On April 3, 1992, the Fifth Session of the Seventh National People's Congress passed the Resolution on Construction of the Three Gorges Project on the Yangtze River. The project is [...]