Three Gorges Project generates 1 trillion kwh of electricity (2)

Photo taken on March 1, 2017 shows the transmission lines at the Three Gorges power plant in Yichang, central China's Hubei Province. The Three Gorges power plant, the world's largest hydropower project, has generated 1 trillion kilowatt-hours (kwh) of electricity. (Xinhua/Zheng Jiayu)

The Three Gorges Project, launched in 1993, is a multi-functional water control system consisting of a dam, 32 hydropower turbo-generators with a generating capacity of 700,000 kilowatts, a five-tier ship lock and a shiplift.

The project controls flood waters, generates electricity and helps to regulate the river's shipping traffic.

The hydropower plant has a combined generating capacity of 22.5 million kilowatts and a designed annual generation capacity of 88.2 billion kwh.