Damu la Gorges atatu

Damu la Three Gorges ndi dziwe lamphamvu yokoka lomwe limadutsa mumtsinje wa Yangtze pafupi ndi tawuni ya Sandouping, m'chigawo cha Yiling, Yichang, m'chigawo cha Hubei, China. Damu la Three Gorges ndiye malo opangira magetsi akulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi potengera kuchuluka kwake (22,500 MW). Mu 2014 damulo linapanga ma 98.8 terawatt-hours (TWh) ndipo linali ndi mbiri yapadziko lonse lapansi, koma idapyoledwa ndi Damu la Itaipú, lomwe lidakhazikitsa mbiri yatsopano yapadziko lonse lapansi mu 2016, kupanga 103.1 TWh.

Kupatula maloko, projekiti yamadamu idamalizidwa ndipo idagwira ntchito mokwanira kuyambira pa Julayi 4, 2012, pomwe makina omaliza amadzi opangira madzi mu fakitale yapansi panthaka anayamba kupanga. Kukwezedwa kwa sitimayo kunamalizidwa mu Disembala 2015. Makina opangira madzi amtundu uliwonse ali ndi mphamvu ya 700 MW.[9][10] Thupi la damulo linamalizidwa mu 2006. Kuphatikiza ma turbines 32 a damuli ndi ma generator ang'onoang'ono awiri (50 MW iliyonse) kuti apereke mphamvu pafakitale yokha, mphamvu zonse zopangira magetsi za damuli ndi 22,500 MW.

Kuphatikizira kupanga magetsi, damuli cholinga chake ndikuwonjezera mphamvu zotumizira mtsinje wa Yangtze ndikuchepetsa kusefukira kwamadzi kunsi kwa mtsinjewo popereka malo osungira madzi osefukira. Dziko la China likuona kuti ntchitoyi ndi yofunika kwambiri komanso yopambana pazachuma komanso pazachuma, popanga ma turbine akuluakulu apamwamba kwambiri, komanso kuyesetsa kuchepetsa mpweya wotenthetsa mpweya. Anthu okwana 1.3 miliyoni, ndipo zikubweretsa kusintha kwakukulu kwa chilengedwe, kuphatikizapo chiwopsezo chowonjezereka cha kugumuka kwa nthaka. Damuli lakhala lotsutsana m'mayiko ndi kunja.