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The Three Gorges Power Plant has produced more than 800 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity since starting operation in 2003, according to a China.org report.
The world's largest hydropower facility, the Three Gorges Power Plant has, as of Tuesday, generated the equivalent of 15 percent of China's power consumption in 2013, announced the China Three Gorges Corporation on Wednesday.
The power generated over the 11 years it has been in operation has meant the decrease by nearly 400 million tonnes of coal, 800 million tonnes of carbon dioxide and more than eight million tonnes of sulfur dioxide, the company said.
Launched in 1993 with an investment totaling $22.5 billion, the facility comprises a dam, a five-tier ship dock and 32 generators.
The first turbine generator of Three Gorges plant started operation in 2003, while the latest generator was first put into use in 2012, giving the facility its current combined generating power of 22.5 million kilowatts.
The Three Gorges Dam operates by utilizing the Yangtze River where it spans, according to Power-technology.com.
Aside from generating power, the structure is also used for navigation and flood control.
