China's Three Gorges Project is the world's top power station, which is rarely comparable, but some people call sudan's power station "China's second Three Gorges" because it is both the first largest power station made in China and the world.
The Three Gorges Project was so difficult that it was necessary to cut off the Yangtze River, and the total length of the Three Gorges Dam reached a rare length of 2308 meters. The United States is a world power, but its largest power station is no more than 380 meters. Where is the limit of Chinese manufacturing, the African Melavi Dam 9285 meters gives you the answer.
In terms of the length of the Mellowe Dam, it is comparable to dozens of Hoover Dam projects in the United States, and it is also the length of three Gorges Dams, which must mean that the construction difficulty of the Mellowe Dam is increasing exponentially. The Merove Dam, which is to be built on the Nile, is a project that directly puts Sudan in the ranks of the world's leading power grid countries, which is unthinkable in African countries.
At the same time, the Melavi Dam will also benefit more than one million acres of land around it, which can be said to be a good project for the benefit of african people. The project was proposed in 2006, when as many as 55 companies competed with China, and it was the Chinese companies that successfully won the project.
Prior to the Melovia Dam project, Sudan's power grid supply was very poor and electricity penetration was very low, which greatly limited Sudan's industrial development and people's living standards. The Nile river flows through Sudan, but sudan has the heart to build a hydropower station but lacks the necessary capital and technology until the emergence of Chinese infrastructure gives Sudan a glimmer of hope of success.
The Meloway Dam has invested tens of billions of dollars, required more than 5,000 staff, and spent five years, although the Meloway Dam encountered many problems in the construction process, but it was successfully built with China's infrastructure efforts. Although the Nile is the largest river in the world, the depth of the river does not meet the requirements for power generation, which means that the projects that need to be carried out will be very difficult.
The planned Melavi Dam is more than 9,000 meters long, and the water storage capacity of the Melavi Reservoir has reached a staggering 12.4 billion cubic meters. The main body of the Merove Dam consists of concrete panels, and with this hydropower station, the Sudanese people have hope for life and hope for life.
When China built the dam at that time, it was not much questioned, because Sudan was destined not to be very rich if it was an African country, and China's infrastructure not only did not make money on the project, but also had to build it every year, so why did China do this?
First of all, China's water conservancy project is recognized as the world's top level, and the water conservancy project of the Three Gorges Dam is even more amazing to the world, but the Meloway Dam in Africa shocks the world with its length, and anyone who sees the Melovia Dam can't help but praise "true qi". But how much money did Sudan give for such a large project?
At that time, Sudan could only come up with $1.6 billion, a figure that we knew could not be done without having to calculate it. So why should China pay out of its own pocket to build water conservancy projects for Sudan? Is it really rich and willful? Judging from China's economic assistance to Africa, it can definitely be called the most generous country.
They all say that Africa is poor, but how poor is Africa? Take Sudan as an example, everyone earns an average of six or seven hundred yuan a year, can six or seven hundred yuan meet the normal expenses of an adult for a year? Obviously, it is impossible, the reason why Sudan's economy is so backward is actually related to the characteristics of this country, that is, Sudan has rich oil resources, and Western countries covet Sudan's oil resources to keep Sudan at war all year round, and such a country is obviously unable to complete economic development.
With China's support, the North and South Sudan can be regarded as a jade warrior, but the problem of the distribution of oil resources is still a "hot potato", and western countries are looking at the tiger on the sidelines, and at this time, China's lending of a helping hand is tantamount to great pressure.
So China's help to Sudan is not only on the dam project, but also in many other aspects of Sudan. China's infrastructure for Sudan can be described as a heartbreak. So why is China so obsessed with African countries? Because African countries support China in the world and are on China's side, as a result of repaying the favor, it is not indispensable for China to extend its hand to help others do what they can.
On the other hand, China's help to African countries means that it can have the possibility of priority purchase of African resources, which is why so many Western countries are closely focused on African countries. Therefore, China's construction of dams for Africa is carefully considered and conditionally exchanged, not with great compassion.
The reason why African countries are willing to cooperate with China is because China does not want to control the local countries, but holds the purpose of mutual help and mutual help for everyone to win-win results, and does not want to colonize and make threats like Western countries.
Africa's current economic development is still very backward, but in the case of China's continuous blood transfusion, I believe that the national strength of African countries will get better and better, and China can also gain many strong friends with international influence. Then again, how difficult is the Meloway Dam project, and why did it end up in China's hands?
The Melovia Dam is important to Sudan, not only changing sudan's electricity and energy shortages, but also adding vitality to Sudan's economic development.
However, in the end of the project, Sudan only took out 1.6 billion US dollars, which made many countries prohibitive, in addition to the financial problems, the project has many difficulties to overcome, the first is that the construction environment is very bad, take the weather, the usual temperature is above 40 degrees, construction efficiency is very low.
Coupled with the world's largest river, the water of the Nile River is a great deterrent. The water potential of the Nile River is complex, and more than thousands of kilometers along the way involve many terrains such as plateaus, plains, hills, etc., which brings many tests to the construction. Such a river is to build a bridge across the river, no one dares to do it, let alone make a hydropower station.
After the field surveys in Western countries, they frequently shook their heads and said that such projects could not be completed at all. This is undoubtedly a cold water poured on the Sudanese, you know, this is the hope of the Sudanese people, although the Chinese infrastructure team also believes that the project is very difficult, but after understanding the significance of the Melovia Dam to the Sudanese, it still resolutely decided to help.
The Mellowe Dam is more than 9,000 meters long and more than 70 meters high, which is as difficult as the Three Gorges Dam, and it is easy to dehydrate and peel under the hot wind and sand, which makes the construction infrastructure personnel feel hard. In addition to physical pain, we must always pay attention to the construction of the dam, because the difficulty of the dam is too high, so there is a great risk of cracking.
After day and night of research by the Chinese infrastructure team, we finally thought of a way to make the dam crack. China's infrastructure construction has created a miracle for Sudan in 5 years, and it has created a miracle for the world, construction raw materials cannot be bought locally, China pulls from its own home, overcomes all difficulties and becomes better and better to help the life of Africa's "old iron".
In order to ensure the progress of the project, and even the use of various modes of sea, land and air transportation, it can be said that China's assistance to Sudan is dedicated, I believe that China's sincerity is also seen by the Sudanese people, remembered in their hearts.
Chinese often say, "Those who have gained the tao have more help, and those who have lost the way have little help."
It is precisely because China maintains a sincere heart in the international community that it can get so much support and trust, and with the help of China in the future, I believe that the life of the African people will be better and better.