A presentation about the Three Gorges Dam located in China. This is useful for facts about energy usage, sustainability and also as an aid project.

1. THE THREE GORGES
DAM 長江三峡大壩
By Matthew Mortimer

2. Introduction
 The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric dam
that spans the Yangtze River next to the town
of Sandouping, located in Yiling District,
Yichang, Hubei province, China. The Three
Gorges Dam is the world's largest power
station in terms of installed capacity, with a
maximum output of 22,500 MW.

3. Construction
 The dam project was completed and fully
functional on July 4th, 2012. It used 463,000
tonnes of steel (enough to build 63 Eiffel
Towers). The dam is 2,335 m long and the top
of the dam is 185 metres above sea level.
Each main water turbine has a capacity of 700
MW and weighs 6000 tonnes.

4. Cost
 The Chinese government estimated that the
Three Gorges Dam project would cost around
¥180 billion ($22.5 billion). By the end of 2008,
spending had reached ¥148.365 billion.
¥64.613 billion was spent on construction,
¥68.557 billion on relocating residents, and
¥15.195 billion on financing.

5. Other Uses
 As well as producing electricity, the dam was
constructed with the intention to increase the
Yangtze River's shipping capacity and reduce
the potential for floods downstream by
providing space for excess water.

6. Success
 The Chinese government regards the Three
Gorges Dam project as a historic engineering,
social and economic success. The project has
many amazing features such as state-of-the-
art large turbines. It has been described as a
move toward limiting greenhouse gas
emissions.

7. Conflict
 However, the dam has created conflict. Its
construction flooded archaeological and
cultural sites, as well as displacing around 1.3
million people. Also, it is causing significant
ecological changes, including an increased
risk of landslides.

8. Renewable Energy
 At full power, Three Gorges reduces coal
consumption by 31 million tonnes per year,
avoiding 100 million tonnes of greenhouse gas
emissions. These emission include one million
tonnes of sulphur dioxide, 370,000 tonnes of
nitric oxide and10,000 tonnes of carbon
monoxide.