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Limits RegistryEach Baihetan turbine unit weighs over 7,500 tonnes and stands roughly 50 meters tall, converting a reported 96.7% of the kinetic energy of falling water into electricity, among the highest efficiencies achieved at this scale. The distinction between Baihetan and Three Gorges is worth noting: Three Gorges holds the record for total station capacity using 32 smaller (700-777 MW) units, while Baihetan holds the record for the largest capacity of any single turbine-generator unit.
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Each Baihetan turbine unit weighs over 7,500 tonnes and stands roughly 50 meters tall, converting a reported 96.7% of the kinetic energy of falling water into electricity, among the highest efficiencies achieved at this scale. The distinction between Baihetan and Three Gorges is worth noting: Three Gorges holds the record for total station capacity using 32 smaller (700-777 MW) units, while Baihetan holds the record for the largest capacity of any single turbine-generator unit.
The Baihetan hydropower station on the Jinsha River, China, uses 16 Francis turbine-generator units each rated at 1,000 MW, the largest-capacity single hydroelectric turbine-generator units ever built, becoming fully operational in December 2022 with a combined station capacity of 16,000 MW (second only to the Three Gorges Dam).
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Limits Registry. LR-BAIHETAN-HYDRO-TURBINES. Baihetan Dam — largest single hydroelectric turbine-generator units in the world. 2026.