The world's largest hydroelectric dam helps reduce 1.32 billion tons of CO2
CHINA The Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River has produced more than 1,600 billion kWh of electricity over the past 20 years, helping to save large amounts of coal, thereby reducing CO2 emissions.
The Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River on July 9. Photo: Xinhua
Since 2003, when the first generating unit of the Three Gorges Dam was put into operation, the project has produced more than 1,600 billion kWh of electricity, equivalent to the total amount of electricity directly used by the Chinese people for the whole year. 2022. This is also equivalent to the amount of electricity produced from more than 480 million tons of standard coal, helping to reduce about 1.32 billion tons of CO2 emissions, CGTN reported on July 10.
With 34 turbo generating units, Tam Hiep hydropower plant has a total installed capacity of 22.5 million kW and designed annual power generation capacity of 88.2 billion kWh. The project is the "backbone" of China's west-to-east power transmission and north-south power supply projects. The plant also supplies electricity to areas outside the project such as central China and Guangdong province.
Construction of the Three Gorges hydroelectric power plant began in 1994. After passing all the tests, the plant was officially recognized as completed and began operating in 2020. In addition to electricity production, the plant Processes also play an important role in flood control, water transport and use.
The Three Gorges Dam is 2,355 m long, the top of the dam is 185 m high above sea level. The project uses 27.2 million m3 of concrete, mainly for the dam wall, 463,000 tons of steel, enough to build 63 Eiffel Towers, and excavated 102.6 million m3 of land. The dam wall is 181 m high above the rock foundation. The cost of building the dam has amounted to more than 30 billion USD since the time it started in 1994.
Thu Thao (According to CGTN )
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