金沙江干流水能资源开发以发电为主，落差3280m，可开发水能资源7512万kw，约占全国可开发水能资源总容量的1／5，居全国12大水电基地第一位。下游河段为攀枝花至宜宾段，该段水能资源富集，约占金沙江水能资源的50％；开发条件优越，有多个建设高坝大库的优良坝址。按照该河段 The development of main water power resources in the Jinsha River is mainly power generation, with a drop of 3280 m. It can develop 75.12 million kw of hydropower resources, accounting for about 1/5 of the total capacity of developable hydropower resources in the country and ranking the first among the 12 major hydropower bases nationwide. The lower reach is from Panzhihua to Yibin, which is rich in hydropower resources, accounting for about 50% of the Jinsha River’s hydropower resources. It has excellent conditions for development and has a number of excellent dam sites for constructing high dam large reservoirs. Follow the river