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Wudongde Hydropower Station

Wudongde Town, China

The 10th largest power station in the world

10.2 GW · Capacity

The Wudongde Dam (simplified, traditional, pinyin: Wūdōngdé Bà) is a large hydroelectric dam on the Jinsha River, an upper stretch of Yangtze River in Sichuan and Yunnan provinces in southwest China. The design is one of the tallest in the world at 240 m (787 ft), and will generate power using 12 turbines, each with a generating capacity of 850 MW, totalling the generating capacity to 10,200 MW. Construction began in 2015, the first generator was scheduled to be commissioned in 2018 and the entire project completed in 2021. The power station is owned by China Three Gorges Corporation. The first two turbines went online in July 2020. The station became fully operational in June 2021.

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