Three gorges dam slowing down the Earth's rotation.

 

Address: Zigui County, Yichang, Hubei, China

Spillway capacity: 116,000 m³/s (4,100,000 cu ft/s)

Total capacity: 39.3 km³ (31,900,000 acre⋅ft)

Capacity factor: 45%

Installed capacity: 22,500 MW

Archimedes Once said that he could lift the earth with the help of a lever that had a place to stand and a suitable length. Can humans really influence the movement of the earth? Today we are going to tell you about a wonderful human creation that was able to influence the movement of the earth in that way. This is the story of the world’s largest power plant, which is named based on the amount of energy it produces.

            China’s Thr
ee Gorges Dam is the world’s largest hydroelectric plant based on the amount of energy it produces. The dam was built in the Yichang area of Hubei Province, China, across the Yangtze River. It is 2335m long and 181m high and can hold about 27200 million liters of water. Launched in 2003, it has been producing 22,500 MW of power since 2012.

Although the reservoir was able to generate a power of 101.6 TW, breaking this record in 2018, it is still second only to the record of 123 TW generating energy in 2016 by the Itaipu Dam between Brazil and Paraguay. However, the three-gorge power plant is still the largest power-producing hydropower plant in a year.

    The construction of the three gorges dam was prompted by the Yangtze advice to reduce flooding in the lower slopes due to the Yangtze River. However, it is correct to say that the world economy today also depends on this dam. According to economists, 15 percent of the world's manufacturing process is done with the energy it generates.