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Zipingpu Dam

Sichuan, China

The 1113th largest power station in the world

760 MW · Capacity

Zipingpu Dam is an embankment dam on the Min River near the city of Dujiangyan, Sichuan Province in southwest China. It consists of four generators with a total generating capacity of 760 MW. Construction began in 2001 and was finished in late 2006. The dam site was originally developed during the Shu-Han nearly 2000 years ago. The traditional Dujiangyan Irrigation System consisting of canals, levees, and dams, has been in use since 256 BC.

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