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Limits RegistryCompleted in stages between 2003 and 2012 (with the final generating units added in 2012 and an additional underground plant), the Three Gorges Dam is the world's largest power station by installed capacity, roughly 36% larger than the second-place Baihetan Dam. It is also the world's largest concrete structure and displaced an estimated 1.3 million people during construction.
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Completed in stages between 2003 and 2012 (with the final generating units added in 2012 and an additional underground plant), the Three Gorges Dam is the world's largest power station by installed capacity, roughly 36% larger than the second-place Baihetan Dam. It is also the world's largest concrete structure and displaced an estimated 1.3 million people during construction.
The Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River, China, has a total installed generating capacity of 22,500 MW across 34 turbine-generator units, the largest installed capacity of any power station of any kind in the world.
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Limits Registry. LR-THREE-GORGES-CAPACITY. Three Gorges Dam — largest hydroelectric power station by installed capacity. 2026.