LARGEST HYDROPOWER-ELECTRICITY EVER
Hydropower is the most significant and widely used renewable
sources of energy. The world’s largest producer of hydro energy, China has
operated world’s two huge power plant includes Three Gorges project plant. Following
power technology facilitates the world’s largest production plant based on
installed preview and capability.
Three Gorges, China
Its capacity is 22500MW.this power plant is in Yichang, Hubei province,
China.it is largest hydroelectricity among the world.it is that facility that
uses the water resources of the Yangtze river. China three Gorges Corporation
has monitored and operated the project through china power of Yangtze.
It was started in 1993
and completed in 2012.it is 181m tall and 2335m long gravity dam was set up by
the nominal project.it consists of 32 turbine rated at 700MW,Annual power is
85TWH.The power is supplied to two largest cities including Shanghai.
Itaipu, Brazil & Paraguay
Hydroelectricity
,The power plant is
situated on Parana River, at the border between Brazil and Paraguay. The
facility is being monitored and operated by Itaipu Binacional.
Construction of power
plant began in 1975 and was completed in 1982.. Power production at Itaipu
started in May 1984. It produced 98.2TWh in 2012, which made it the biggest
generating hydropower plant in the world.
The Itapúa hydroelectric
power plant world's second largest hydropower plant and has capacity of
14,000MW The Itaipu hydro-electric project provides about 17.3% of Brazil's
energy consumption and 72.5% of the energy consumed in Paraguay. It consists of
20 generating units having capacity of 700MW each.
Guri, Venezuela
CVG Electrification del Caroni
observe and operates the plant . The Guri power station supplies around
12,900GW/h of energy for Venezuela The Guri power project, also called as the
Simón BolÃvar hydroelectric power station. It is carried out in two phases,
1. with the first phase
completed in 1978
2. Second phase in 1986.
It is the world's third
biggest hydroelectric power station, having an installed capacity of 10,200MW.
Construction of the power project started in 1963.The power plant consists of
20 generating units of different capacities ranging between 130MW and 770MW.
The Venezuelan power facility is located on the Caroni River in the BolÃvar
State of southeastern Venezuela.
TucuruÃ,
Brazil
The Tucuruà Hydropower Complex
located on the lower Tocantins River in TucuruÃ, Pará, Brazil.It is fourth
largest hydroelectric power plant in the world. Its power is up to 8,370MW
power plant.It is built in two phases
and has been producing since 1984.
It involved installation
of 11 generating units with 370MW capacity each It involved construction of a
concrete gravity dam 78m in height and 12,500m in length, Construction of TucuruÃ
hydropower project started in 1975.
The first phase was
completed in 1984...Construction of the second phase to add a new powerhouse
was started in 1998 and completed in late 2010. 12 generating units with a
capacity of 330MW each and two 25MW auxiliary units
Grand Coulee, United States of
America
The capacity of this
power plant is 6,809MW and Grand Coulee hydropower project located on the Columbia
River in Washington, US. It is currently the world's fifth biggest hydroelectric
power station. The annual generating capacity of the plant is more than 24TWh.
The left and right power
houses, consisting of total 18 Francis turbines rated 125MW and three 10MW
additional units, were operational by 1950.The project was set up in three phases,
is owned by the US Bureau of Reclamation.
The power facility
commenced operation in 1941. The Grand Coulee hydro-power station consists of
three power plants and a concrete gravity dam 168m high and 1,592m in length.
Construction was started in 1933.
Sayano-Shushenskaya,
Russia
The power plant consists
of 10 Francis generating units with a capacity of 640MW each. It generates
23.5TWh of energy annually, of which 70% is delivered to four aluminum smelters
in Siberia.The Sayano-Shushenskaya hydropower plant located on the Yenisei River
in Sayanogorsk, Khakassia, Russia.
The plant was shut down
in 2009 following an accident which caused damage to nine to 10 turbines. An
arch-gravity dam 242m in height and 1,066m in length was constructed as part of
the project. It was reopened in 2010.
It is sixth biggest
hydroelectric power station in the world. Construction of the power station
started in 1963 and was completed in 1978. The power facility, operated by
RusHydro, has an installed capacity of 6,400MW.
Longtan,
China.
Construction of the Longtan hydropower project
started in May 2007. . The Longtan dam is a roller-compacted concrete gravity
dam 216.5m in height and 832m in width. The installed capacity of the plant is
6,300MW.
The Longtan hydropower
project located on the Hongshui River in Tian'e County, Guangxi, China, is the
seventh largest hydroelectric facility in the world and sixth biggest in Asia.
The hydroelectric power station consists of nine Francis 700MW generating
units.
The power station is
owned and operated by Longtan Hydropower Development. The power project was
designed by Hydrochina Zhongnan Engineering and built by Sinohydro.The first
generating unit was commissioned in May 2007. The project became fully
operational in 2009. The annual generating capacity is estimated at 18.7TWh.
Krasnoyarsk,
Russia:
Turbines
and generators for the plant were supplied by Leningradsky Metallichesky Zavod
(LMZ) and Electrosila. Gidroenergoproek was the engineering, procurement and
construction (EPC) contractor. Construction of the power project started in
1956 and was completed in 1972.
Krasnoyarsk
Dam is a 124m high and 1,065m long concrete gravity dam.The 6,000MW power
facility is operated by JSC Krasnoyarsk HPS.The power plant comprises of 12
Francis generating units with a capacity of 500MW each.
The
power station's annual generating capacity is 18.4TWh. The Krasnoyarsk
Hydroelectric Power Plant located on the Yenisei River in Divnogorsk, Russia,
is currently the eighth largest hydroelectric power station in the world
Robert-Bourassa,
Canada:
A major rehabilitation
project is underway at the Robert-Bourassa generating station since 2012 to
improve its operational reliability energy performance. The generating station
comprises of two power plants installed with total 16 Francis turbines rated at
351MW each. The generating units were commissioned between 1979 and 1981.
The power station is
owned and operated by Hydro-Québec.The 5,616MW Robert-Bourassa generating
station located on the La Grande River in northern Quebec, Canada, ranks as the
world's ninth largest hydroelectric power plant. Construction of the C$3.8bn
power project started in 1974.
It involved construction
of an embankment dam 162m in height and 2835m in length. It is expected to be
completed in 2020. Alstom was awarded a contract in January 2012 to upgrade the
power station's efficiency as part of the rehabilitation project.
Churchill
Falls, Canada
It is one of the largest
power facilities in North America. . The water reservoir is, rather, contained
in 88 rock-filled dikes. The underground power house consists of 11 Francis
turbines rated at 493.5MW each.
The power project is
owned by Churchill Falls Labrador Corporation and operated by Newfoundland and
Labrador Hydro, a subsidiary of Nalcor Energy. dam The generating units of the
hydroelectric power station were commissioned between 1971 and 1974. The annual
generating capacity of the power plant is 35,000GWh.
The 5,428MW Churchill
Falls Generating Station located on the Churchill River in Newfoundland and
Labrador, Canada, ranks as tenth largest hydroelectric power plant in the
world..Construction of the $C946m hydropower station started in 1967. The
project did not involve construction of any large
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