Chapter VI West-to-East Power Transmission and the Three Gorges Hydropower Station

Fu Xin is really an accident, in this era, due to problems such as poor technology, the quality of various circuit equipment is really not good, often this thing happens to that, so that this circuit basically has no problems, this is really a bit of a skill!

"To be exact, since we were still in the Jinchuan Agricultural Machinery Factory, this guy came to the door and recommended himself to be an electrician, until he came to us, there was basically no problem, and several times there was a problem, it was the circuit overload that burned the fuse." Dai Zhenjiang sighed and added.

"That's a bit of a skill!" Fu Xin couldn't help but sigh.

"What's the use of having the ability, this guy is very lazy and not aggressive, if he could spend less time sleeping and spending time on work, I would have promoted him a long time ago, and he would not have made a contribution, and I also let him stay in the position of this electrician."

After speaking, Guo Changfan didn't forget to look at Tian Yusheng, rolled his eyes, and asked angrily, "Right?" ”

"Well, the factory director, you should spare me, I'm a little lazy, but I have always ensured that there are no problems with the circuits in the factory, you don't need to target me like this!" Tian Yusheng retorted.

"Labor and management hate iron and steel, it's a pity that you have a talent!" Guo Changfan said angrily.

This time, Tian Yusheng was silent, who could understand his dream, how could this small machine tool factory tolerate him, he was just a dragon trapped in the shallows now.

The scene was silent for a while, Fu Xin looked up and saw that the electricity had not been re-transmitted, and couldn't help complaining: "Our country's power grid is still too bad, and there are always power outages like this." No! ”

"Mr. Fu, do you have any way to solve it?" Tian Yusheng sensed that there was something in Fu Xin's words, and couldn't help but ask.

"Have a little idea! It's just that the idea has to be implemented. It's so hard! Fu Xin replied with a general feeling.

Tian Yusheng's eyes lit up, and he immediately asked, "Mr. Fu." Tell me about it! ”

Fu Xin sighed and replied: "This idea of mine, boiled down, four words, power from west to east?" ”

"West-to-East power transmission?" Tian Yusheng scratched his head, as if he had caught something, but after thinking about it for a long time, he still didn't catch anything, so he looked at Fu Xin with a firm look. asked: "Mr. Fu, can you explain this 'west-to-east power transmission' in detail?" ”

"Okay!" Fu Xin nodded and replied: "What I mean by 'West-to-East Power Transmission' refers to the development of power resources in western provinces and regions such as Zhougui Province, Nanyun Province, Xiguang Province, Sichuan Province, Gumonnei Province, and Xishan Province, and transmitting them to Dongguang Province, Haihaicheng, Sujiang Province, Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces, as well as Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei and other eastern regions where power is in short supply.

The western part of our country is a vast land. The mountains in the west are rich in energy resources, among which hydropower resources are the most abundant.

According to relevant data, more than 300 million kilowatts of hydropower resources can be developed in the western region, accounting for about 80 percent of the country's total. At present, the level of development is less than 8%. It is lower than the national average hydropower development degree, and even lower than the world's average hydropower resource development degree. The proven coal resources in the western region are about 400 billion tons, accounting for about 40 percent of the country's total, but the proportion of coal resources used for on-site power generation is relatively low. A large amount of coal needs to be exported by trains, cars, etc.

Compared with the western region, the eastern region, which has a rapidly developing economy, is in urgent need of the input and replenishment of various resources and energy. Taking Dongguang Province as an example, its total economic output is about equivalent to that of the three provinces and regions of Guangxi, Yunnan and Guizhou combined. However, the total energy volume accounts for only about 3.5 percent of the four provinces and autonomous regions.

Energy is scarce, and factories and enterprises encounter power rationing from time to time. The rate of economic growth has been severely constrained. When energy requirements could not be met, the eastern region had no choice but to set up various large and small thermal power plants. The power supply structure dominated by coal-fired and oil-fired thermal power has brought serious harm to the ecological environment of Dongguang Province.

This kind of harm. In the future, we can see, for example, the damage of acid rain to agriculture...... Now that the economy is developing so fast, no one in the country pays attention to the protection of the ecological environment, and in the future, alas, ......

Far away, the imbalance between China's energy distribution and energy consumption regions determines the inevitability of the implementation of 'west-to-east power transmission'. Effectively developing the abundant energy resources in the western region can not only satisfy the demand for energy in the economic development of the western region, but also give a strong impetus to the development of construction, building materials, manufacturing, and tertiary industries in the western region.

For the eastern region, the 'West-to-East Power Transmission' can meet the demand for electricity for the economic development of the eastern region, and replace the inefficient and polluting small power stations in the eastern region with clean energy from the western region. In this way, it can significantly improve the efficiency of the allocation of power resources across the country, promote the sustainable development of the eastern and western regions, and is an effective way to solve the problem of power shortage in the east and poverty in the west, and the economically developed areas and the poor areas in the west will achieve a win-win situation. ”

"Is it really going to be so bad in the future?" Everyone was thinking about the problems that Fu Xin repeatedly emphasized, and at the same time thinking of Fu Xin's usual attention to the environment, a seed about ecological environmental protection, quietly germinated in the hearts of these people.

"Mr. Fu, can you tell me more about how to implement it?" Tian Yusheng became more and more interested, and asked again.

Fu Xin glanced at Tian Yusheng, thought for a while, and thought that it would be okay to tell Tian Yusheng, so he immediately replied: "My idea is to build three major channels for the north, middle and south of the west-to-east power transmission.

First of all, let's talk about the North Passage, which will allow the people of the capital to have more access to electricity in the northwest. The construction of the northern corridor of the 'West-to-East Power Transmission' is mainly concentrated in the two major regions of North China and Northwest China. The main task of the North Corridor is to send electricity from the "Three Wests", that is, the coal-fired power bases in the western part of ancient Mongolia, Xishan, and Xishan, and the hydropower stations in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, such as Gongboxia and Laxiwa, to the Beijing-Tianjin-Tangzhou load center.

Speaking of this middle channel, this middle channel is expected to become the world's largest transmission channel. The middle passage will be spread along the Yangtze River. The Yangtze River is a deep valley river with abundant runoff and concentrated water heads, and some experts estimate that 22 hydropower stations can be developed.

Once these cascade hydropower stations are developed and constructed, tens of millions of kilowatts of powerful electricity will be sent to Central China, East China, Jianfu and Dongguang through powerful and dense transmission channels. This passage will go hand in hand with the Yangtze River and become the 'second Yangtze River'. ”

Speaking of this, Fu Xin couldn't help but sigh, paused for a moment, Fu Xinyou continued: "In fact, this very important part of the middle passage had a plan a long time ago, and then it was shelved, and now, the above has begun to meet and discuss again, this is the Three Gorges Project.

In 1919, Dr. Sun Yat-sen put forward the idea of building the Three Gorges Project in the "Second Strategy for the Founding of the People's Republic of China -- Industrial Plan".

In 1932, the People's Republic of China. Civil administration. A hydropower survey team from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River dispatched by the Provincial Construction Commission conducted a two-month survey and survey in the Three Gorges, compiled a "Hydropower Survey Report on the Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River," and drew up plans for two low dams, Gezhouba and Huanglingmiao. This is China's first survey and design work specifically for the development of the Three Gorges hydropower resources.

In 1944, Pan Sui, an American who was an expert in China's wartime production bureau at that time, wrote a report entitled "Using US Loans to Build China's Hydroelectric Power Plants and Methods of Repaying Loans." After the chief design engineer of the US Bureau of Reclamation, Savage went to the Three Gorges to conduct on-the-spot surveys and put forward the "Preliminary Report on the Three Gorges Plan on the Yangtze River," which is known as the "Savage Plan."

In 1945, the National. People. The Government Resources Commission has set up the Three Gorges Hydropower Planning Technical Research Committee, the National Hydropower Engineering General Office, and the Three Gorges Survey Office.

In 1946, the country. People. The Government Resources Board signed a formal contract with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to carry out the design of the Three Gorges Dam on its behalf. China sent technicians to the United States to participate in the design work. The relevant departments have preliminarily carried out surveying of the dam site and reservoir area, geological survey and drilling, economic survey, planning and design.

In May 1947, the country was facing collapse. People. The government suspended the implementation of the Three Gorges Hydropower Program and withdrew all technical personnel in the United States.

In 1949, the Yangtze River basin was hit by a major flood, and the Jingjiang embankment was in danger. The problem of flood control in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, especially in the Jingjiang River section, has attracted attention since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

At the beginning of 1950, the country. Business. The Yangtze River Water Conservancy Committee was formally established in Hanwu. Three years later, the Jingjiang Flood Diversion Project was constructed.

Beginning in 1955, under the leadership of the above, the departments concerned and people from all walks of life worked together to comprehensively carry out the survey, scientific research, design, and demonstration of the Yangtze River basin plan and the Three Gorges Project. In March, a contract for technical assistance was signed in Moscow, and the first Soviet specialists arrived in Hanvu in June. The four drilling rigs and the Seventh Topographic Survey Team under the Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee entered the Three Gorges area one after another to carry out survey work.

In April 1960, the Ministry of Water and Power organized Soviet experts from the hydropower system and experts from relevant domestic units to conduct surveys in the Three Gorges to study and select the dam site. In the same month, the Central and Southern Affairs Bureau held an economic cooperation meeting in Wuyangcheng to discuss the issue of investing 400 million yuan during the Second Five-Year Plan period and preparing for the start of the Three Gorges Project in 1961. Due to temporary economic difficulties and the impact of the international situation, the pace of the Three Gorges construction has been adjusted. In August, the Soviet government withdrew the experts in question.

On December 30, 1970, the construction of Gezhouba began.

On January 4, 1981, the Gezhouba Project successfully closed the river to intercept the river. In December, the No. 1 and No. 2 units of the Erjiang Power Station of Gezhouba Water Conservancy Hub passed the national acceptance and were officially put into operation.

In 1983, the Ministry of Water Resources and Electric Power submitted a feasibility study report for the project and began to make preliminary preparations.

In 1984, the National. Business. The institute approved the feasibility study but in last year nationwide. People. Politics. Governance Association. At the business meeting, many CPPCC members expressed strong opposition, and I don't know what happened to this matter now. ”

After Fu Xin finished speaking, he closed his eyes silently. (To be continued......)