THREE GORGES DAM

PRESENTED BY:
GERALDINE ACUÑA
JORGE BOHORQUEZ
MAURO MAZA
INTRODUCTION
• THE THREE GORGES DAM
(SIMPLIFIED CHINESE: 长江 三
峡 水利 枢纽 工程) IS A
HYDROELECTRIC PLANT
LOCATED ALONG THE
YANGTZE RIVER IN CHINA
 INTRODUCTION
• . IT IS THE LARGEST
HYDROELECTRIC PLANT IN THE
WORLD IN EXTENSION AND
INSTALLED CAPACITY (22,500
MW) BUT IT IS THE SECOND
LARGEST IN THE WORLD IN
ENERGY PRODUCTION.
 HISTORY
• THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DAM
BEGAN ON JUNE 5, 1995, AND IT WAS
ESTIMATED THAT IT WOULD LAST OVER
17 YEARS. ON NOVEMBER 9, 2001, THE
RIVER COURSE WAS OPENED AND IN
2003 THE FIRST GROUP OF
GENERATORS BEGAN OPERATING. AS
OF 2004, A TOTAL OF 4 GROUPS OF
GENERATORS WERE INSTALLED PER YEAR
UNTIL THE WORK WAS COMPLETED.
 HISTORY
• ON JUNE 6, 2006, THE LAST RETAINING WALL
OF THE DAM WAS DEMOLISHED, WITH
ENOUGH EXPLOSIVES TO DEMOLISH 400 10-
STOREY BUILDINGS. IT TOOK 12 SECONDS TO
FALL. IT WAS COMPLETED ON OCTOBER 30,
2010. BETWEEN 1.2 AND 2 MILLION PEOPLE
WERE RELOCATED, MAINLY IN NEW
NEIGHBORHOODS BUILT IN THE CITY OF
CHONGQING.
FEATURES
• THE FUTURE RESERVOIR WILL BE NAMED
"GOROTKIA", AND MAY STORE 39 300
HM3. IT WILL HAVE 32 TURBINES OF 700
MW EACH, 14 INSTALLED ON THE
NORTH SIDE OF THE DAM, 12 ON THE
SOUTH SIDE AND 6 MORE
UNDERGROUND, IN ADDITION TO 2
TURBINES OF 50 MW, TOTALING AN
INSTALLED CAPACITY OF 22,500 MW.
 FEATURES
• IN THE ORIGINAL PLANS, THIS SINGLE
DAM WOULD HAVE THE CAPACITY TO
SUPPLY 10% OF CHINA'S ELECTRICITY
DEMAND. HOWEVER, DEMAND
GROWTH HAS BEEN HIGHER THAN
EXPECTED AND IF IT WERE FULLY
OPERATIONAL TODAY IT WOULD ONLY
BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ENERGY TO 3% OF
CHINESE DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION.
THE LARGEST DAM IN THE WORLD
• THE DAM IS 2309 M LONG AND 185 M
HIGH, AND INCLUDES A SLUICE CAPABLE OF
HANDLING SHIPS UP TO 3000 TONS. SINCE
TIME IMMEMORIAL, THE RIVER SUFFERED
MASSIVE FLOODING OF ITS BANKS EVERY
TEN YEARS, AND ONLY IN THE TWENTIETH
CENTURY, ACCORDING TO THE CHINESE
AUTHORITIES, SOME 300,000 PEOPLE DIED
BECAUSE OF THIS PHENOMENON.