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According to USGS , China ’ s Three Gorges Dam , spanning the Yangtze River , houses by far the world ’ s largest MW capacity . The dam overtook Itaipu in 2012 when the last of its 32 generators were activated , realising a total capacity of 22,500MW . Known as one of the greatest feats of Chinese engineering , the CYPC-operated dam ’ s reservoir is comprised of the submerged Qutang , Wu and Xiling gorges , stretching over 600km upstream .

NOVEMBER 2019