BAIHETAN HYDROPOWER STATION
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BAIHETAN HYDROPOWER STATION
WHO BUILT IT : CHINA THREE GORGES ( CTG ) LOCATION : SICHUAN PROVINCE , CHINA
completed in December 2022 when the final hydro-generating unit was connected to the grid and began producing power , the Baihetan Dam generates power through 16 turbines , each with a generating capacity of 1GW , taking the generating capacity to 16,000MW .
Although surveying of the dam site was completed 30 years prior , the hydropower station started partial electricity generation in 2021 . Now fully operational , the hydropower station generates 60.24 TWh of electricity and offsets more than 51m tons of carbon emissions . It ’ s also a record-breaker , with the US $ 34bn station hosting the largest underground caverns , antiseismic parameters and spillway caverns .
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