Three Gorges Dam
Presa de las Tres Gargantas
- Date
- 1994-2012 · confidence high
- Place
- Yichang, Hubei, China
- Credited to
- Government of China (China Three Gorges Corporation)
- Field
- Matter & energy
What it is
A concrete gravity dam on the Yangtze with 22.5 GW of installed capacity, the world's largest power station by capacity. It regulates floods and navigation and supplies electricity to much of central China.
The first generator entered service in 2003 and the 32 main turbines were operational in 2012.
What it led to
- the grid of central and eastern China
- flood control on the Yangtze
- displacement of over a million people