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Three Gorges Dam
The Three Gorges Dam spanning the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) near Yichang, Hubei province, China.
The Three Gorges Dam, located on the Yangtze River in China, has an installed capacity of 22,500 megawatts of electricity.12
This capacity was reached in 2012 when all 32 of the dam's main turbine generator units, along with two additional generators, became fully operational. As a result of this output, the facility is recognized as the most productive hydroelectric dam in the world. In 2020, the plant set a world record for annual power generation volume by producing 111.88 terawatt hours of electricity.1