Costs and Productivity

One of the main functions of the Three Gorges Dam is to generate power. The Three Gorges Dam is the largest hydroelectric power station in the world. “The dam has 34 generators, making a total capacity of 22,500 MW. Among those 32 main generators, 14 are installed in the north side of the dam, 12 in the south side, and the remaining six in the underground power plant in the mountain south of the dam. The expected annual electricity generation will be over 100 TWh” (“Three Gorges Dam”, n.d., para.10). The power station has generated a total of 704.5 billion KWH by the end of November 2013, and making revenues from electricity sales amounting to 1,831 billion RMB. The Three Gorges Project has yet to recover the investment costs.

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