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备课资源·参考 模块质量评估 　　 The Three Gorges Dam The Three Gorges Dam is a hydro-electric dam that spans the Yangtze River by the town of Sandouping，located in the Yiling District of Yichang，in Hubei province，China. The Three Gorges Dam is the world’s largest hydro-electric power station with a total generating capacity of 18, 200 MW. The dam body was completed in 2006. Except for a ship lift，the originally planned components of the project were completed on October 30，2008，when the 26th turbine in the shore plant began commercial operation. Each turbine has a capacity of 700 MW. Six additional turbines in the underground power plant are not expected to become fully operational until 2012. Coupling the dam’s thirty-two main turbines with two smaller generators (50 MW each) to power the plant itself，the total electric generating capacity of the dam will eventually reach 22, 500 MW. 　　As well as producing electricity， the dam increases the Yangtze River’s shipping capacity，and reduces the potential for floods downstream by providing flood storage space. The Chinese government regards the project as a historic engineering，social and economic success，with the design of state-of-the-art large turbines，and a move toward limiting greenhouse gas emissions. However，the dam flooded