The power plant’s total installed capacity is 22.5 gigawatts, and its designed annual power generation capacity is 88.2 TWh. It has 34 hydropower turbo-generators.
China’s Three Gorges Hydroelectric Power Station on the Yangtze River, the largest hydropower project in the world, has produced more than 1,600 terawatt-hours (TWh) of clean electricity since its first generator unit went into service in 2003.
The total electricity used by Chinese citizens for direct consumption over the course of the year in 2022 is represented by this figure. Additionally, 1.32 billion tonnes less carbon dioxide is emitted, saving more than 480 million tonnes of standard coal.
The power plant’s total installed capacity is 22.5 gigawatts, and its designed annual power generation capacity is 88.2 TWh. It has 34 hydropower turbo-generators.
The initiative is the cornerstone of China’s “north-south mutual electricity supply” and “west-to-east power transmission” projects. Along with east China, central China, and the Guangdong Province of south china, it also supplies electricity to other areas and regions.
The Three Gorges project’s construction began in 1994. In 2020, the power plant was formally certified as fully finished and operational after passing all acceptance tests.
The Three Gorges power station has made a significant contribution to the use of water resources, shipping, and flood control in addition to producing electricity.
The Three Gorges power station is part of the world’s largest clean energy corridor, which also includes the Yangtze River’s Wudongde, Baihetan, Xiluodu, Xiangjiaba, and Gezhouba mega hydropower plants.
The clean energy corridor, which spans 1,800 kilometres and includes 110 hydropower plants, has a total installed capacity of 71.7 gigawatts and generates an average annual electricity production of about 300 TWh. This corridor is essential to the development of a clean, low-carbon, secure, and efficient energy system in China.
A hydroelectric gravity dam, the Three Gorges Dam spans the Yangtze River near the town of Sandouping in the central Chinese province of Hubei, downstream from the Three Gorges. It is located in Yiling District, Yichang.
The Three Gorges Dam, the largest power plant in the world in terms of installed capacity (22,500 MW), produces an average of 95–20 TWh of electricity annually, depending on the amount of precipitation that falls annually in the river basin.
The dam’s annual production increased to nearly 112 TWh after the heavy monsoon rains of 2020, breaking the previous global record of 103 TWh set by Itaipu Dam in 2016.