The Baihetan 1000MW hydro-generator unit project won the Gold Award for Good Design during the 2022 China Innovation Design Week, which was held in Wuxi, East China's Jiangsu province from Nov 9-13.
 
A total of 871 innovative design projects were submitted for this year's Good Design Award, with 10 gold awards ultimately granted.
 
The gold award-winning project was designed and manufactured for Baihetan Hydropower Station by Harbin Electrical Machinery Co -- based in Harbin, capital of China's northernmost Heilongjiang province, and jointly submitted by the Harbin company and Dongfang Electric Machinery Co.
   
Baihetan Hydropower Station has a total installed capacity of 16,000MW and a single-unit capacity of 1,000MW. It is currently the hydropower project with the largest single-unit capacity, the largest scale under construction and the most technically difficult hydropower project in the world.
 
The Harbin company made significant innovations throughout the course of product development, and the unit has completely independent intellectual property rights.
 
For example, the optimal efficiency of the unit's hydro turbine is 96.7 percent, among the highest of any giant hydro-generator unit in the world, and it has a lower water consumption rate and stronger water-saving performance than previous units.