[China's large-diameter and multi-support TBM Plateau Pearl off the line at CRCC]Recently, the domestic large-diameter multi-support TBM Plateau Pearl, jointly built by CRCC and the 14th Bureau of China Water Resources, rolled off the production line in the Changsha Second Industrial Park of China Railway Construction Heavy Industry. The equipment will be used for construction under extreme conditions such as high altitude, high ground stress, and super hard rock. The excavation diameter of TBM is 10.23 meters, the length of the whole machine is about 185 meters, the total weight is about 2300 tons, and the installed power is 8200 kilowatts. Editor/Ma Xue
On June 30, 2026, the excavation of the underground powerhouse of the Nanshankou Pumped Storage Power Station in Golmud, Qinghai, undertaken by Three Gorges Construction, was completed. The power station is the world's largest under construction pumped storage project at an altitude of over 3500 meters, with a total installed capacity of 2.4 million kilowatts. The project has entered the pouring and equipment installation stage, and the first batch of units is planned to be put into operation in 2028. Editor/Min Jing
On June 27, 2026, ENERGY CHINA Gezhouba Group began construction of the country's first integrated zero carbon highway project in Guangxi. Supporting photovoltaic energy storage and heavy-duty truck replenishment network, relying on ecological carbon sinks to achieve net zero carbon operation, in line with the national zero carbon channel construction deployment, and creating a demonstration model for low-carbon transformation of transportation. Editor/Min Jing