BEIJING, Dec 28 (AFP): China this week began construction of the first of four major hydropower plants on an strategically-important river, state media said Wednesday, in a controversial project that has raised environmental concerns. The Xiluodu hydropower station on the Jinsha river, a tributary of the Yangtze between the southwestern provinces of Sichuan and Yunnan, will have an installed capacity of 12.6 million kilowatts, the China Daily reported. The six-billion-dollar Xiluodu plant is slated for completion in 2015.
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