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January 05, 2015

China's Three Gorges dam 'breaks world hydropower record'
Beijing (AFP) Jan 02, 2015
China's Three Gorges dam has broken the world record for annual hydroelectric power production, more than a decade after it became the world's largest power plant, its operator said. The Yangtze river power station generated 98.8 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity in 2014, the Three Gorges Dam Corporation said in a statement, topping the 2013 production from the Brazilian-Paraguayan Itaipu dam. The amount of electricity generated by the Three Gorges plant is roughly equivalent to burning 49 m ... read more

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