# Three Gorges Dam — World's Largest Power Station (22,500 MW)
## The Energy Codex
Session 14 | 2026-05-03

22,500 MW, GPS 30.8229N 110.9836E, Sandouping Yichang Hubei China. 34 turbines (32×700 MW Francis + 2×50 MW plant-use). China Three Gorges Corporation. Construction 1994-2012. Cost ~$30.3bn. Annual generation 88-102 TWh (record 103 TWh 2020). Dam 185m high × 2,335m long. Reservoir 1,084 km² / 660 km long / 39.3 km³ storage. Resettled 1.4 million people. Guaíra Falls flooded 1982. Yangtze finless porpoise critically endangered. Sources: China Three Gorges Corp, IHA, GEM Hydro Tracker CC BY 4.0, IUCN.