Three Gorges Dam

Dhamu reThree Gorges idhamu remagetsi rinokweva mvura rinoyambuka Rwizi rweYangtze neguta reSandouping, mudunhu reYiling, Yichang, mudunhu reHubei, China. Dhamu reThree Gorges ndiyo chiteshi chikuru chemagetsi pasi rose maererano nekuiswa simba (22,500 MW). Muna 2014 dhamu rakagadzira 98.8 terawatt-hours (TWh) uye raive nerekodhi pasi rose, asi rakapfuudzwa neItaipú Dam, iro rakaisa rekodhi yenyika itsva muna 2016, richigadzira 103.1 TWh.

Kunze kwemakiyi, chirongwa chedhamu chakapedzwa uye chakashanda zvizere kubva muna Chikunguru 4, 2012, apo ekupedzisira emajini makuru emvura munzvimbo yepasi pevhu akatanga kugadzirwa. Kusimudzwa kwengarava kwakapera muna Zvita 2015. Tubhini huru yega yega yemvura ine simba re700 MW.[9][10] Muviri wedhamu wakapedzwa muna 2006. Kubatanidza maturbines makuru makumi matatu nemaviri edhamu nemajenareta maviri madiki (50 MW imwe neimwe) kuti agadzirise chirimwa pachacho, huwandu hwemagetsi hwedhamu hunokwana 22,500 MW.

Zvakare nekugadzira magetsi, dhamu rinoitirwa kuwedzera rwizi rweYangtze kutakura uye kuderedza mukana wemafashama pasi nekupa nzvimbo yekuchengetera mafashama. China inoona chirongwa ichi sechikuru pamwe nebudiriro mumagariro nehupfumi, nekugadzirwa kwematurbine makuru echizvino-zvino, uye danho rekumisa kuburitswa kwegasi rinopisa. Zvisineyi, dhamu rakazadza nzvimbo dzekuchera matongo nemagariro uye rakatamisa dzimwe nzvimbo. 1.3 miriyoni vanhu, uye iri kukonzera shanduko huru yezvekuwo nemhuka, kusanganisira kuwedzera njodzi yekukoromoka kwevhu. Dhamu iri ranetsa munyika nekune dzimwe nyika.