The Zhikong Hydro Power Station (Chinese: 直孔水电站), is a reservoir and power station on the Lhasa River in Maizhokunggar County to the east of Lhasa, Tibet, China.
[1] The plant has four 25 MW Francis turbines supplied by Kunming, and is operated by the China Huaneng Group.
[5] The Lhasa River Zhi Kong hydroelectric power station was a key project of the tenth five-year plan.
[3] After a fiasco with the Yamdrok Hydropower Station in 1996, 120 kilometres (75 mi) south of Lhasa, the deputy commander of the People's Armed Police construction brigade was placed in charge of the project.
The first generator was commissioned in 2006 and the power station was put into full operation on 23 September 2007.