Lancang Solar Power Generation

Where is the Lancang River basin located?

The Lancang River Basin (LRB), with an installed hydropower capacity of 20GW, is located in Yunnan Province of China. Xiaowan (XW) and Nuozhadu (NZD) are two large reservoirs on the LRB with multi-year regulation capacities.

Does the Lancang River cascade model work?

Applied to the Lancang River Cascade that consists of 11 hydropower reservoirs, the model is tested efficient in simulating the quarter-hourly hydropower schedules day by day for two months, one in a dry season and another in a wet season.

How big is Yunnan power grid?

The total installed capacity under the Yunnan Power Grid (YPG) stands at 95 GW at the end of 2019, among which the hydro, wind, solar and thermal powers accounted for 71.36%, 9.08%, 3.68% and 15.88%, respectively.

Where does the Lancang-Mekong River flow?

The Lancang-Mekong River is one of the largest and most controversial international rivers in the world, flowing across six riparian countries (i.e., China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam), as shown in Figure 1.

Does ENSO affect the Lancang River?

The upstream Lancang River is less impacted by ENSO than the midstream and downstream LMRB. The anomalies of hydroelectricity in the LMRB vary with hydroclimatic variability in the range of ±11,000 GWh, which is significantly larger than previous estimates.