China's high-altitude hydropower station unit enters final assembly stage

The first unit of China's Maerdang Hydropower Station, the highest-altitude facility of its kind with the largest installed capacity in the Yellow River basin, saw the successful hoisting of its generator rotor into position, paving the way for the entire station to be operational by the end of the year.

The giant rotor, with a total weight of 270 tons, is the core component of the water-turbine generator set. The rotor hoisting, demanding precision and skill, took 40 minutes to complete and is a key step in the unit's installation.

Located at an average altitude of 3,300 meters in northwest China's Qinghai Province, the Maerdang Hydropower Station has a total installed capacity of 2.32 million kilowatts and five hydropower generating units, which makes it a major power provider in the "west-to-east power transmission" project.

With all units put into use in December, the station is expected to generate an average of 7.3 billion kWh of electricity annually, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by about 8.16 million tons each year.

The construction marks a milestone in Qinghai's new energy development and will facilitate the establishment of more clean energy bases in the upper reaches of the Yellow River.

China's high-altitude hydropower station unit enters final assembly stage

Israel carefully considered the timing of its attacks on Iran, according to a political analyst.

During an interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN), Sultan Barakat, a professor at Doha's Hamad Bin Khalifa University, noted that Israel wanted to respond promptly to Iran's attacks but took time to carefully plan its actions.

"The timing and most important aspect of it was to try and carry it out ahead of the U.S. elections day. But, of course, it has taken Israel some time to work out the attack. The decision to undertake that act, I think, was taken almost immediately following the Iranian attack earlier this month. But what to target and how to access Iran, and to what extent to carry out the attack -- those issues have had to be thought through carefully," he said.

Iranian officials are carefully monitoring the situation in the region and assessing the best way to react.

"Iran can naturally respond against foreign acts of aggression under Article 51 of the United Nations Charter. However, Iranian officials have always emphasized that we are not seeking war with any country in the world," said Foad Izadi, an Iranian scholar and political analyst.

Israel carefully weighed timing of attack on Iran: analyst