Five mega dams to generate massive energy in world
- last month
Three Gorges Dam, China is the world's largest hydroelectric facility. Accroding to Wikimedia, the Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric gravity dam that spans the Yangtze River by the town of Sandouping, in Yiling District, Yichang, Hubei province, China.
The world's largest hydroelectric power plant is on the Paraná River between Paraguay and Brazil. The Itaipú Dam is capable of producing 14,000 megawatts of power. The reservoir behind the dam formed in 1982 and covers 1,350 square kilometers.
Soyang Dam (소양강댐) : VISITKOREA
Built in October 1973, Soyang Dam is the largest dam in Korea. It stands 123 meters high and 530 meters long.
Guri dam
It is 7,426 metres long and 162 m high. ... It impounds the large Guri Reservoir (Embalse de Guri) with a surface area of 4,250 square kilometres (1,641 sq mi).
Grand Coulee Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington, built to produce hydroelectric power and provide irrigation water. Constructed between 1933 and 1942, Grand Coulee originally had two powerhouses.
The world's largest hydroelectric power plant is on the Paraná River between Paraguay and Brazil. The Itaipú Dam is capable of producing 14,000 megawatts of power. The reservoir behind the dam formed in 1982 and covers 1,350 square kilometers.
Soyang Dam (소양강댐) : VISITKOREA
Built in October 1973, Soyang Dam is the largest dam in Korea. It stands 123 meters high and 530 meters long.
Guri dam
It is 7,426 metres long and 162 m high. ... It impounds the large Guri Reservoir (Embalse de Guri) with a surface area of 4,250 square kilometres (1,641 sq mi).
Grand Coulee Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington, built to produce hydroelectric power and provide irrigation water. Constructed between 1933 and 1942, Grand Coulee originally had two powerhouses.