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Taming the yangtze |
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| Abstract: | With the last of 26 generators installed late last year, the Three Gorges Project (TGP) in China is now the largest capacity hydroelectric plant in the world. It has an installed capacity of 18,200MW, with each generator rated at 700MW. The second largest is Brazil?s 12,600MW Itaipu plant. There are also plans to install six more turbines in an underground power house by 2012, giving it a capacity of 22,500MW. |
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