ʻO nā hale mana wai ʻano wai e pili ana i nā hale mana wai e kūkulu i nā hale mālama wai ma nā muliwai e hana i nā waihona, e hoʻopololei i ka wai komo maoli e hoʻonui i ka wai, a e hoʻohua i ka uila ma ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻokoʻa poʻo. ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona nui, ʻo ia ka paʻa ʻana o ka wai a me ka mea kanu wai wai i loko o ka ʻāpana kahawai pōkole like.
Loaʻa nā hale mana wai wai, nā hale hoʻokuʻu, nā paipu kaomi, nā mea kanu mana, nā turbines, nā mea hana, a me nā lako ancillary. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hale hoʻopaʻa wai i hoʻohana ʻia e nā dams, ʻo ia nā kikowaena hydropower poʻo kiʻekiʻe, aʻo nā mea i hoʻohana ʻia e nā ʻīpuka, ʻo ia ka hapa nui o nā kahua wai wai. I ka wā ʻaʻole kiʻekiʻe ke poʻo wai a ākea ke kahawai kahawai, hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ka mea mana ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka hale mālama wai. Ua ʻike ʻia kēia ʻano hale mana wai ma ke ʻano he kahua wai wai wai a i ʻole ke kahua wai wai.
Hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā kikowaena wai wai ʻano wai i ʻelua ʻāpana e pili ana i ke kūlana pili ma waena o ka puʻu wai a me ka mea kanu wai wai: dam ma hope o ke ʻano a me ke ʻano o ka muliwai. Hoʻonohonoho ʻia ka hale mana o ka hale mana wai ʻano wai ma ka ʻaoʻao o lalo o ke kino wai a hana i ka uila ma ka hoʻohuli ʻana i ka wai ma o nā paipu kaomi. ʻAʻole mālama ka hale mana i ke kaomi wai o luna. ʻO ka hale mana, ka pā, ke kahawai a me nā hale ʻē aʻe o ke kahua wai wai ma lalo o ka muliwai, ua kūkulu ʻia i loko o ke kahawai a he ʻāpana o ka hale paʻa wai, e kau ana i ke kaomi wai o uka. He mea maikaʻi kēia hoʻonohonoho i ka mālama ʻana i ka nui o ka hoʻopukapuka pāhana.

ʻOi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o ka pā wai o ke ʻano wai wai. ʻO ka mea mua, hoʻohana ia i ke poʻo wai kiʻekiʻe e hoʻonui i ka mana i hoʻokomo ʻia o ka mana mana, hiki ke hoʻololi pono i nā koi koʻikoʻi o ka ʻōnaehana mana; ʻO ka lua, aia kahi waihona nui e hiki ai ke hoʻoponopono i ke kahe o ka piko e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ke kaomi ʻana o ka wai kahe; ʻO ke kolu, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā pōmaikaʻi ākea. ʻO ka pōʻino, ʻo ia ka piʻi ʻana o ka pohō ma muli o ke kahe ʻana o ka wai a me ka paʻakikī o ka hoʻoneʻe ʻana a me ka hoʻonoho hou ʻana i nā kūlanakauhale a me nā kamaʻāina. No laila, kūkulu pinepine ʻia nā kikowaena wai wai me nā pā kiʻekiʻe a me nā waihona wai nui ma nā wahi me nā mauna kiʻekiʻe, nā canyons, nā kahe wai nui, a me nā wai liʻiliʻi.
ʻO nā hale mana wai wai wai nui loa o ka honua i kūkulu ʻia, ʻo ia ka hapa nui o Kina, me ke kūlana ʻo Three Gorges Dam ma mua me ka nui o 22.5 miliona kilowatts. Ma waho aʻe o kāna mau pono hana mana nui, ua loaʻa i ka Three Gorges Dam nā pōmaikaʻi piha i ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka mālama ʻana i ka wai, ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka hoʻokele, a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wai ma waena a me lalo o ka muliwai ʻo Yangtze, e lilo ia i "waiwai aupuni".
Mai ka 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, ua kūkulu ʻo Kina i kekahi mau kikowaena hydropower kaulana i ka honua. Ma Iune 28, 2021, ua hoʻokomo ʻia ka pūʻulu mua o nā ʻāpana ma Baihetan Hydropower Station, me ka nui o ka nui o 16 miliona kilowatts; Ma Iune 29, 2020, ua hoʻokomo ʻia ka pūʻulu mua o nā ʻāpana o Wudongde Hydropower Station no ka hana mana, me ka nui o ka mana o 10.2 miliona kilowatts. ʻO kēia mau kikowaena hydropower ʻelua, me Xiluodu, Xiangjiaba, Three Gorges, a me Gezhouba hydropower stations, i hana i ka nui o ka ikehu maʻemaʻe maʻemaʻe o ka honua, me ka nui o ka mana o 71.695 miliona kilowatts, e helu ana no kahi kokoke i 20% o ka nui o ka mana hydropower i kau ʻia ma Kina. Hāʻawi lākou i kahi pale hilinaʻi no ka mālama ʻana i ka wai kahe, palekana hoʻouna, palekana kaiaola, palekana kumu wai, a me ka palekana o ka ikehu ma ka muliwai ʻo Yangtze.
ʻO ka hōʻike o ka 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China i manaʻo e hoʻoikaika a hoʻoikaika mau i ka piko kalapona a me ka neutrality kalapona. ʻO ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka wai a me ke kūkulu ʻana e hoʻolauna i nā manawa hoʻomohala hou, a e pāʻani pū ka hydropower i kahi "pōhaku kihi" i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka ikehu a me ka hoʻomohala kiʻekiʻe.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Oct-22-2024