Since 1978, Northwest Institute has won 282 national, provincial and ministerial awards for scientific and technological progress and excellent survey and design. Among them, the survey and design of Longyangxia Hydropower Station, Lijiaxia Hydropower Station and Gongboxia Hydropower Station won the national excellent engineering design or survey gold medal; Lijiaxia hydropower station engineering survey, Gongboxia hydropower station engineering survey, Baozhusi hydropower station engineering survey and design, Daxia hydropower station engineering design won the National Excellent Project Silver Award; The slope creep control project of Hancheng Power Plant and the design of Huaneng Taobei Wind Power Phase I Project won the National Bronze Award.
Liujiaxia, Bikou, Longyangxia and Lijiaxia hydropower stations surveyed and designed by Northwest Institute represent the design level of hydropower stations in China in 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s respectively.
* * * Formulated (revised) national or industrial technical standards 152, including 94 chief editors; * * * obtained patents 104, including invention patents 18, utility model patents 85, and appearance patents 1, and obtained 8 software copyrights such as integrated design software for three-dimensional design diversion tunnel. Completed more than 0 technical monographs 10, such as Deformation and Stability Analysis of Earth-rock Dam, Design and Research of Horizontal Swirl Energy Dissipation Spillway Tunnel, Research and Practice of Rock Mass and Landslide of High Arch Dam Foundation and Special Slope of Hydropower Project.