Hydroelectricity
Major projects under construction
Table:
Name

Nameplate
capacity (MW)

Country

Construction started

Scheduled completion

Comments

Belo Monte Dam

11,181

Brazil

March, 2011

2015

As of May 2019 installed capacity exceeds 8 GWe, final completion expected in 2020

Siang Upper HE Project

11,000

India

April, 2009

2024

Multi-phase construction over a period of 15 years. Construction was delayed due to dispute with China.[55]

Tasang Dam

7,110

Burma

March, 2007

2022

Controversial 228 meter tall dam with capacity to produce 35,446 GWh annually.

Xiangjiaba Dam

6,400

China

November 26, 2006

2015

The last generator was commissioned on July 9, 2014

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

6,000

Ethiopia

2011

2017

Located in the upper Nile Basin, drawing complaint from Egypt

Nuozhadu Dam

5,850

China

2006

2017

Jinping 2 Hydropower Station

4,800

China

January 30, 2007

2014

To build this dam, 23 families and 129 local residents need to be moved. It works with Jinping 1 Hydropower Station as a group.

Dasu Dam

4,820

Pakistan

February, 2018

2023

Diamer-Bhasha Dam

4,500

Pakistan

October 18, 2011

2023

Jinping 1 Hydropower Station

3,600

China

November 11, 2005

2014

The sixth and final generator was commissioned on 15 July 2014

Jirau Power Station

3,300

Brazil

2008

2013

Construction completed December 2016 installed capacity 3,750 MWe

Guanyinyan Dam

3,000

China

2008

2015

Construction of the roads and spillway started.

Lianghekou Dam[57]

3,000

China

2014

2023

Dagangshan Dam

2,600

China

August 15, 2008[58]

2016

Liyuan Dam

2,400

China

2008[59]

2013

Tocoma Dam Bolívar State

2,160

Venezuela

2004

2014

This power station would be the last development in the Low Caroni Basin, bringing the total to six power stations on the same river, including the 10,000MW Guri Dam.[60]

Ludila Dam

2,100

China

2007

2015

Brief construction halt in 2009 for environmental assessment.

Shuangjiangkou Dam

2,000

China

December, 2007[61]

2018

The dam will be 312 m high.

Ahai Dam

2,000

China

July 27, 2006

2015

Teles Pires Dam

1,820

Brazil

2011

2015

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Nameplate capacity , also known as the rated capacity , nominal capacity , installed capacity , or maximum effect , is the intended full-load sustained output of a facility such as a power plant , electric generator , a chemical plant , fuel plant , metal refinery , mine , and many others . Nameplate capacity is the number registered with authorities for classifying the power output of a power station usually expressed in megawatts ( MW ) . Power plants with an output consistently near their nameplate capacity have a high capacity factor .
The Belo Monte Dam ( formerly known as Kararaô ) is a hydroelectric dam complex on the northern part of the Xingu River in the state of Pará , Brazil . After its completion , with the installation of its 18th turbine , on November 2019 , the installed capacity of the dam complex is 11,233 megawatts ( MW ) , which makes it the second largest hydroelectric dam complex in Brazil and fourth largest in the world by installed capacity , behind the Three Gorges Dam and the Xiluodu Dam in China and the Brazilian-Paraguayan Itaipu Dam . Considering the oscillations of flow river , guaranteed minimum capacity generation from the Belo Monte Dam would measure 4,571 MW , 39% of its maximum capacity . Brazil 's rapid economic growth over the last decade has provoked a huge demand for new and stable sources of energy , especially to supply its growing industries . In Brazil , hydroelectric power plants produce over 85% of the electrical energy . The Government has decided to construct new hydroelectric dams to guarantee national energy security . However , there is opposition both within Brazil and among the international community to the project 's potential construction regarding its economic viability , the generation efficiency of the dams and in particular its impacts on the region 's people and environment . In addition , critics worry that construction of the Belo Monte Dam could make the construction of other dams upstream- which could have greater impacts- more viable . Plans for the dam began in 1975 but were soon shelved due to controversy ; they were later revitalized in the late 1990s . In the 2000s , the dam was redesigned , but faced renewed controversy and controversial impact assessments were carried out . On 26 August 2010 , a contract was signed with Norte Energia to construct the dam once the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources ( IBAMA ) had issued an installation license . A partial installation license was granted on 26 January 2011 and a full license to construct the dam was issued on 1 June 2011 .
Brazil ( Portuguese : Brasil ; Portuguese pronunciation : [ bɾaˈziw ] ) , [ nt 1 ] officially the Federative Republic of Brazil ( Portuguese : República Federativa do Brasil , listen ( help·info ) ) , is the largest country in both South America and Latin America . At 8.5 million square kilometers ( 3.2 million square miles ) and with over 211 million people , Brazil is the world 's fifth-largest country by area and the sixth most populous . Its capital is Brasília , and its most populous city is São Paulo . The federation is composed of the union of the 26 states , the Federal District , and the 5,570 municipalities . It is the largest country to have Portuguese as an official language and the only one in the Americas ; it is also one of the most multicultural and ethnically diverse nations , due to over a century of mass immigration from around the world . Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east , Brazil has a coastline of 7,491 kilometers ( 4,655 mi ) . It borders all other countries in South America except Ecuador and Chile and covers 47.3% of the continent 's land area . Its Amazon River basin includes a vast tropical forest , home to diverse wildlife , a variety of ecological systems , and extensive natural resources spanning numerous protected habitats . This unique environmental heritage makes Brazil one of 17 megadiverse countries , and is the subject of significant global interest and debate regarding deforestation and environmental protection . Brazil was inhabited by numerous tribal nations prior to the landing in 1500 of explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral , who claimed the area for the Portuguese Empire . Brazil remained a Portuguese colony until 1808 , when the capital of the empire was transferred from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro . In 1815 , the colony was elevated to the rank of kingdom upon the formation of the United Kingdom of Portugal , Brazil and the Algarves .
The Upper Siang Hydroelectric Project consists of the construction of several hydroelectric power dams in the Upper Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh , India . Construction work on the project was commenced by the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation ( NHPC ) in April 2009 and various hydro dams will be constructed in phases over a span of 15-20 years . The main dam is being constructed across river Siang , a tributary of river Brahmaputra and upon completion , the dam reservoir will hold 10 billion cubic meters of water . The hydro power project at Siang will alone generate between 10,000 and 12,000 MW , making it the largest hydroelectric dam in the Indian Subcontinent .
India ( Hindi : Bhārat ) , officially the Republic of India ( Hindi : Bhārat Gaṇarājya ) , is a country in South Asia . It is the seventh-largest country by area , the second-most populous country , and the most populous democracy in the world . Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south , the Arabian Sea on the southwest , and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast , it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west ; [ e ] China , Nepal , and Bhutan to the north ; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east . In the Indian Ocean , India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives ; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia . Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago . Their long occupation , initially in varying forms of isolation as hunter-gatherers , has made the region highly diverse , second only to Africa in human genetic diversity . Settled life emerged on the subcontinent in the western margins of the Indus river basin 9,000 years ago , evolving gradually into the Indus Valley Civilisation of the third millennium BCE . By 1200 BCE , an archaic form of Sanskrit , an Indo-European language , had diffused into India from the northwest , unfolding as the language of the Rigveda , and recording the dawning of Hinduism in India . The Dravidian languages of India were supplanted in the northern regions . By 400 BCE , stratification and exclusion by caste had emerged within Hinduism , and Buddhism and Jainism had arisen , proclaiming social orders unlinked to heredity . Early political consolidations gave rise to the loose-knit Maurya and Gupta Empires based in the Ganges Basin . Their collective era was suffused with wide-ranging creativity , but also marked by the declining status of women , and the incorporation of untouchability into an organised system of belief .
The Tasang Dam ( Burmese : တာဆန်းဆည် ) , also known as the Mong Ton Dam , is a planned multi-purpose dam on the Salween River in the Shan State , Myanmar . The Tasang dam 's location will be 480 km ( 300 mi ) northeast of Rangoon and 52.8 km ( 32.8 mi ) west of Mongtong . The Tasang Dam will be the first dam on the Salween River and will be the largest hydroelectric dam in Myanmar and the tallest dam in Southeast Asia if completed . The Tasang will cost more than US $ 6 billion and is planned for completion in 2022 . The groundbreaking ceremony was in March 2007 , but construction has been stalled , and there has been little activity at the dam site as of 2008 . Substantial domestic and international controversy surrounds the Tasang Dam project . The Tasang dam is one of five dams the Myanmar Government plans to build on the Salween River .
Myanmar ( English pronunciation below ; Burmese : မြန်မာ , [ mjəmà ] ) [ nb 1 ] or Burma ( see §Etymology ) , officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar [ nb 2 ] , is a country in Southeast Asia . Myanmar is bordered by Bangladesh and India to its northwest , China to its northeast , Laos and Thailand to its east and southeast , and the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal to its south and southwest . With a size of 676,578 square kilometres ( 261,228 square miles ) , Myanmar is the largest of the Mainland Southeast Asian states by area . As of 2017 , the population is about 54 million . Its capital city is Naypyidaw , and its largest city is Yangon ( Rangoon ) . Myanmar has been a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ( ASEAN ) since 1997 . Early civilisations in Myanmar included the Tibeto-Burman-speaking Pyu city-states in Upper Burma and the Mon kingdoms in Lower Burma . In the 9th century , the Bamar people entered the upper Irrawaddy valley and , following the establishment of the Pagan Kingdom in the 1050s , the Burmese language , culture and Theravada Buddhism slowly became dominant in the country . The Pagan Kingdom fell due to the Mongol invasions and several warring states emerged . In the 16th century , reunified by the Taungoo dynasty , the country was for a brief period the largest empire in the history of Mainland Southeast Asia . The early 19th century Konbaung dynasty ruled over an area that included modern Myanmar and briefly controlled Manipur and Assam as well . The British East India Company seized control of the administration of Myanmar after three Anglo-Burmese Wars in the 19th century and the country became a British colony .
The Xiangjiaba Dam ( simplified Chinese : 向家坝 ; traditional Chinese : 向家壩 ; pinyin : Xiàngjiābà ) is a large gravity dam on the Jinsha River , a tributary of the Yangtze River in Yunnan Province and Sichuan Province , southwest China . The facility has eight Francis turbines , four with a capacity of 812 MW and four rated at 800 MW , totalling an installed capacity of 6,448 MW . Xiangjiaba Dam is China 's third-biggest hydropower station following Three Gorges Dam and Xiluodu Dam . Construction started on November 26 , 2006 , and its first generator was commissioned in October 2012 . The last generator was commissioned on July 9 , 2014 . The output of the generating station is connected to a ±800 kV HVDC link , the Xiangjiaba-Shanghai HVDC system , which transmits much of the power to Shanghai .
China ( Chinese : 中国 ; pinyin : Zhōngguó ) , officially the People 's Republic of China ( PRC ) , is a country in East Asia and is the world 's most populous country , with a population of around 1.428 billion in 2017 . Covering approximately 9,600,000 square kilometers ( 3,700,000 sq mi ) , it is the third largest country by area . [ j ] Governed by the Communist Party of China , the state exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces , [ k ] five autonomous regions , four direct-controlled municipalities ( Beijing , Tianjin , Shanghai , and Chongqing ) , and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau . China emerged as one of the world 's first civilizations , in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain . For millennia , China 's political system was based on hereditary monarchies , or dynasties , beginning with the semi-mythical Xia dynasty in 21st century BCE . Since then , China has expanded , fractured , and re-unified numerous times . In the 3rd century BCE , the Qin reunited core China and established the first Chinese empire . The succeeding Han dynasty , which ruled from 206 BCE until 220 CE , saw some of the most advanced technology at that time , including papermaking and the compass , along with agricultural and medical improvements . The invention of gunpowder and movable type in the Tang dynasty ( 618-907 ) and Northern Song ( 960-1127 ) completed the Four Great Inventions . Tang culture spread widely in Asia , as the new Silk Route brought traders to as far as Mesopotamia and the Horn of Africa . Dynastic rule ended in 1912 with the Xinhai Revolution , when the Republic of China ( ROC ) replaced the Qing dynasty . China , as a whole , was ravaged by feudal warlordism and Japan during World War II .
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam ( GERD or TaIHiGe ; Amharic : ታላቁ የኢትዮጵያ ሕዳሴ ግድብ , romanized : Tālāqu ye-Ītyōppyā Hidāsē Gidib ) , formerly known as the Millennium Dam and sometimes referred to as Hidase Dam ( Amharic : ሕዳሴ ግድብ , romanized : Hidāsē Gidib ) , is a gravity dam on the Blue Nile River in Ethiopia that has been under construction since 2011 . It is in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region of Ethiopia , about 15 km ( 9 mi ) east of the border with Sudan . At 6.45 gigawatts , the dam will be the largest hydroelectric power plant in Africa when completed , as well as the seventh largest in the world . As of October 2019 [ update ] , the work stood at approximately 70% completion . Once completed , the reservoir could take anywhere between 5 and 15 years to fill with water , depending on hydrologic conditions during the filling period and agreements reached between Ethiopia , Sudan , and Egypt .
Ethiopia ( /ˌiːθiˈoʊpiə/ ; Amharic : ኢትዮጵያ , ʾĪtyōṗṗyā , listen ( help·info ) , Tigrinya : ኢትዮጵያ , Oromo : Itiyoophiyaa , Somali : Itoobiya , Afar : Itiyoophiyaa ) , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia , is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa . It shares borders with Eritrea to the north , Djibouti to the northeast , Somalia , and the de facto state of Somaliland to the east , Kenya to the south , South Sudan to the west and Sudan to the northwest . With over 109 million inhabitants , Ethiopia is the most populous landlocked country in the world and the second-most populous nation on the African continent with a total area of 1,100,000 square kilometres ( 420,000 sq mi ) . Its capital and largest city is Addis Ababa , which lies a few miles west of the East African Rift that splits the country into the Nubian and Somali tectonic plates . Some of the oldest skeletal evidence for anatomically modern humans has been found in Ethiopia . It is widely considered as the region from which modern humans first set out for the Middle East and places beyond . According to linguists , the first Afroasiatic-speaking populations settled in the Horn region during the ensuing Neolithic era . Tracing its roots to the 2nd millennium BCE , Ethiopia 's governmental system was a monarchy for most of its history . Oral literature tells that the monarchy was founded by the Solomonic dynasty of the Queen of Sheba , under its first king , Menelik I . In the first centuries , the Kingdom of Aksum maintained a unified civilization in the region , followed by the Ethiopian Empire circa 1137 . During the late 19th-century Scramble for Africa , Ethiopia and Liberia were two nations that preserved their sovereignty from long-term colonisation by a European colonial power and many newly-independent nations on the continent subsequently adopted its flag colours . However , the country was later occupied by Italy in 1936 and became Italian Ethiopia ( part of Italian East Africa ) until it was liberated during World War II .
Nuozhadu Dam ( Chinese : 糯扎渡大坝 ; pinyin : Nuòzhādù Dàbà ) is an embankment dam on the Lancang ( Mekong ) River in Yunnan Province , southwest China . The dam is 261.5 m ( 858 ft ) tall , and creates a reservoir with a normal capacity of 21,749,000,000 m3 ( 17,632,000 acre⋅ft ) at a level of 812 m ( 2,664 ft ) asl . The purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power production along with flood control and navigation . The dam supports a power station with nine generators , each with generating capacity of 650 MW . The total generating capacity of the power station is 5,850 MW . Construction on the project began in 2004 ; the dam 's first generator went online 6 September 2012 and the last generator was commissioned in June 2014 . The construction and management of the project was implemented by Huaneng Power International Ltd. , which has a concession to build , own and operate hydroelectric dams on China 's stretch of the Mekong River .
The Jinping-II Dam ( simplified Chinese : 锦屏二级水电站 ; traditional Chinese : 錦屏二級水電站 ; pinyin : Jǐnpíng Èrjí Shuǐdiàn Zhàn ) , also known as the Jinping-II Hydropower Station , is a gravity dam on the Jinping Bend of the Yalong River ( Yalong Jiang ) in Sichuan , China . Construction on the project began in 2007 and it was complete in 2014 . Its hydroelectric power station has a 4,800 MW installed capacity . While Jinping-I relies on a conventional tall dam and large reservoir to supply water , Jinping-II uses a much smaller dam , located 7.5 km downstream of Jinping-I , to divert water into four 16.6 km long headrace tunnels . These tunnels connect to a downstream point on the same river at a much lower elevation , providing a 310 m ( 1,020 ft ) head of water without flooding a large area of land .
The Jinping-I Dam ( simplified Chinese : 锦屏一级水电站 ; traditional Chinese : 錦屏一級水電站 ) also known as the Jinping-I Hydropower Station or Jinping 1st Cascade , is a tall arch dam on the Jinping Bend of the Yalong River ( Yalong Jiang ) in Liangshan , Sichuan , China . Construction on the project began in 2005 and was completed in 2014 . Its power station has a 3,600 MW capacity to produce between 16 and 18 TW·h ( billion kW·h ) annually . Supplying the power station is a reservoir created by the 305-meter-tall arch dam , the tallest in the world . The project 's objective is to supply energy for expanding industrialization and urbanization , improve flood protection , and prevent erosion .
The Dasu Dam is a gravity dam currently being constructed on the Indus River near Dasu in Kohistan District , Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province , Pakistan . The 242 m ( 794 ft ) tall dam will support a 4,320 MW hydroelectric power station which will be built in two 2,160 MW stages . Water from the reservoir will be diverted to the power station located about 3.5 km ( 2.2 mi ) downstream . The first stage was approved by the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council on 29 March 2014 . That stage will cost an estimated US $ 4.278 billion . Funding is being provided by the World Bank ( US $ 700 million ) , the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China ( US $ 1.5 billion ) , Deutsche Bank ( US $ 1 billion ) and Aga Khan Development Network ( US $ 500 Million ) . Completion of stage one is expected in February 2023 . Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif attended the dam 's groundbreaking ceremony on 25 June 2014 .
Pakistan , [ b ] officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan , [ c ] is a country in South Asia . It is the world 's sixth-most populous country with a population exceeding 207.8 million . In area , it is the 33rd-largest country , spanning 881,913 square kilometres ( 340,509 square miles ) . Pakistan has a 1,046-kilometre ( 650-mile ) coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by India to the east , Afghanistan to the west , Iran to the southwest , and China in the northeast . It is separated narrowly from Tajikistan by Afghanistan 's Wakhan Corridor in the northwest , and also shares a maritime border with Oman . The territory that now constitutes Pakistan was the site of several ancient cultures and intertwined with the history of the broader Indian subcontinent . The ancient history involves the Neolithic site of Mehrgarh and the Bronze Age Indus Valley Civilisation , and was later home to kingdoms ruled by people of different faiths and cultures , including Hindus , Indo-Greeks , Muslims , Turco-Mongols , Afghans and Sikhs . The area has been ruled by numerous empires and dynasties , including the Persian Achaemenid Empire , Alexander III of Macedon , the Seleucid Empire , the Indian Maurya Empire , the Gupta Empire , the Arab Umayyad Caliphate , the Delhi Sultanate , the Mongol Empire , the Mughal Empire , the Afghan Durrani Empire , the Sikh Empire ( partially ) and , most recently , the British Indian Empire . Pakistan is the only country to have been created in the name of Islam . It is an ethnically and linguistically diverse country , with similarly diverse geography and wildlife . Initially a dominion , Pakistan adopted a constitution in 1956 , becoming an Islamic republic . An ethnic civil war and Indian military intervention in 1971 resulted in the secession of East Pakistan as the new country of Bangladesh .
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and some part in Diamer , Gilgit Baltistan , Pakistan . Its foundation stone was laid by the then Prime Minister of Pakistan on 1998 . Upon completion , Diamer-Bhasha Dam would be the highest dam in the world . The dam site is situated near a place called Bhasha in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit Baltistan , hence the name . Upon completion , Diamer-Bhasha Dam would ( i ) produce 4800 megawatts of electricity through hydro-power generation ; ( ii ) store an extra 10.5 cubic kilometres ( 8,500,000 acre⋅ft ) of water for Pakistan that would be used for irrigation and drinking ; ( iii ) extend the life of Tarbela Dam located downstream by 35 years ; and ( iv ) control flood damage by the River Indus downstream during high floods . However , in response to using Basha Dam to sideline the Kalabagh Dam , Engineer Anwer Khurshid has stated that Bhasha dam is no substitute for Kalabagh dam not because of its altitude which is high enough , but because no irrigation canals can be taken out from it because of the hilly terrain . No canals can be taken out from any dam on the Indus except from Kalabagh Dam . It is planned to have a height of 272 meters spillway with fourteen gates each 11.5 m × 16.24 m. The gross capacity of the reservoir will be 10 cubic kilometres ( 8,100,000 acre⋅ft ) , with a live storage of 7.9 cubic kilometres ( 6,400,000 acre⋅ft ) . Two underground powerhouses are being proposed , one on each side of the main dam having six turbines on each side with a total installed capacity of 4500 MW .
The Jirau Dam is a rock-fill dam with an asphalt-concrete core , currently under construction on the Madeira River in the state of Rondônia , Brazil . The dam 's hydroelectric power stations will have 50 turbines each 75 MW resulting total installed capacity of 3,750 MW . The power plant 's first unit was commissioned in September 2013 , the 16th in November 2014 , 24th in February 2015 , the 41st in December 2015 , and the last in December 2016 . Most of the power is designed to be exported to south-eastern Brazil via the Rio Madeira HVDC system . The dam is part of a planned four power plant Madeira river hydroelectric complex , which will consist of two dams in Brazil ( 3,580 MW Santo Antonio Dam at the city of Porto Velho and Jirau ) , a third on the border of Brazil and Bolivia , and a fourth station inside Bolivia . Two of these , Santo Antonio and Jirau , are currently under construction , while the smaller upstream dams are still in the planning stages . In part due to the 2001-2002 power shortage in Brazil , construction of both dams was accelerated in 2009 . The total estimated cost of the two facilities currently under construction is $ 15.6 billion ( $ 8 billion for Jirau ) , including about $ 10 billion for the civil engineering and power plants , and $ 5 billion for ship locks , transmission lines , and environmental re-mediation . The Madeira river hydroelectric complex is part of the Initiative for the Integration of the Regional Infrastructure of South America , an effort by South American governments to integrate the continent 's infrastructure with new investments in transportation , energy , and communication . Construction on the project was temporary halted in March 2011 , February 2012 and April 2013 due to worker riots or strikes . The Brazilian Development Bank approved an additional US $ 1.6 billion for the project in September 2012 . The extra funding will add six more 75 MW bulb turbine-generators to the power station ( a total of 50 ) and pay for transmission lines .
The Guanyinyan Dam is a gravity dam on the Jinsha River 30 km ( 19 mi ) southwest of Panzhihua on the border of Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces in China . The purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and flood control . Construction on the dam started in 2008 and the river was diverted by 2010 . The first generator was operational on 20 December 2014 and the fourth on 14 December 2015 . The entire power station should be operational by 2016 . When complete , the dam will support a 3,000 MW power station consisting of five 600 MW Francis turbine generators .
The Lianghekou Dam ( meaning : mouth of two rivers ) is a concrete-face rock-fill dam currently under construction on the Yalong River in Yajiang County , Sichuan Province , China . The dam is located at the confluence of the Yalong , Xianshui and Qingda Rivers . The 295 m ( 968 ft ) tall dam will be the highest embankment dam in the country and support a 3,000 MW power station . Studies for the dam were completed between 2005 and 2009 with preliminary construction beginning that year . Major works on the dam officially began in October 2014 . The first generator is expected to be commissioned in 2021 and the project complete in 2023 . When the dam 's reservoir fills , it will force the relocation of over 4,900 people .
The Dagangshan Dam ( Chinese : 大岗山水电站 ) is an arch dam on the Dadu River in Shimian County , Ya'an , Sichuan Province , China . The dam houses a hydroelectric power station with 4 x 650 MW generators for a total installed capacity of 2,600 MW . Construction on the dam began in 2008 and the power plant in 2010 . The first two generators were commissioned on 2 September 2015 , and the entire project was completed in 2016 .
The Liyuan Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Jinsha River on the border of Yulong County and Shangri-La County , Yunnan Province , China . The dam will have an associated hydroelectric power station with a 2,400 MW power station containing 4 x 600 MW generators . Construction on the river diversion for the dam began in 2008 . It began to impound its reservoir in November 2014 and on December 28 , 2014 the first generator was commissioned . The second generator was commissioned in July 2015 . The 155 m ( 509 ft ) dam withholds a reservoir of 727,000,000 m3 ( 589,388 acre⋅ft ) , of which 209,000,000 m3 ( 169,439 acre⋅ft ) is active or useful storage . The normal reservoir level is 1,618 m ( 5,308 ft ) above sea level with a minimum of 1,602 m ( 5,256 ft ) . The catchment area for the reservoir in the upstream basin is 220,000 km2 ( 84,942 sq mi ) while the reservoir surface area is 14.73 km2 ( 6 sq mi ) .
The Manuel Piar Hydroelectric Power Plant ( Tocoma Dam ) is under construction and it is the last hydroelectric development project in the Lower Caroní River Basin of Venezuela . The project includes the installation of 2,320 megawatts ( 3,110,000 hp ) MW to generate an annual average energy of 12,100 gigawatt-hours ( 44,000 TJ ) . Ten Kaplan generator units , of 230 megawatts ( 310,000 hp ) , manufactured by Argentinian company IMPSA , were predicted to begin operations between 2012 and 2014 . The first generator was installed but not yet commissioned in April 2012 . Behind schedule , the dam began to impound its reservoir on 16 November 2015 . These units had the world record as of 2012 in power generation at nominal head for Kaplan turbines . The diameter of the runner is 8.6 metres ( 28 ft ) and nominal head is 34.65 metres ( 113.7 ft ) with claimed output up to 232 megawatts ( 311,000 hp ) .
Bolívar ( Spanish : Estado Bolívar , IPA : [ esˈtaðo βoˈliβaɾ ] ) is one of the 23 states ( estados ) into which Venezuela is divided . The state capital city is Ciudad Bolívar , but the largest city is Ciudad Guayana . Bolívar State covers a total surface area of 242,801 km2 ( 93,746 sq mi ) and as of the 2011 census , had a population of 1,410,964 .
Venezuela ( /ˌvɛnəˈzwɛlə/ ( listen ) ; American Spanish : [ beneˈswela ] ( listen ) ) , officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( Spanish : República Bolivariana de Venezuela ) , is a country on the northern coast of South America , consisting of a continental landmass and many small islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea . It has a territorial extension of 916,445 km2 ( 353,841 sq mi ) . The continental territory is bordered on the north by the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean , on the west by Colombia , Brazil on the south , Trinidad and Tobago to the north-east and on the east by Guyana . The Venezuelan government maintains a claim against Guyana to Guayana Esequiba , an area of 159,542 km2 ( 61,600 sq mi ) . For its maritime areas , Venezuela exercises sovereignty over 71,295 km2 ( 27,527 sq mi ) of territorial waters , 22,224 km2 ( 8,581 sq mi ) in its contiguous zone , 471,507 km2 ( 182,050 sq mi ) of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean under the concept of exclusive economic zone , and 99,889 km2 ( 38,567 sq mi ) of continental shelf . This marine area borders those of 13 states . The capital and largest urban agglomeration is the city of Caracas . The country has extremely high biodiversity and is ranked seventh in the world 's list of nations with the most number of species . There are habitats ranging from the Andes Mountains in the west to the Amazon basin rain-forest in the south via extensive llanos plains , the Caribbean coast and the Orinoco River Delta in the east . The sovereign state is a federal presidential republic consisting of 23 states , the Capital District ( covering Caracas ) , and federal dependencies ( covering Venezuela 's offshore islands ) . Venezuela also claims all Guyanese territory west of the Essequibo River , a 159,500-square-kilometre ( 61,583 sq mi ) tract dubbed Guayana Esequiba or the Zona en Reclamación ( the zone under dispute ) . Venezuela is among the most urbanized countries in Latin America ; the vast majority of Venezuelans live in the cities of the north , especially in the capital ( Caracas ) which is also the largest city in Venezuela .
The Simón Bolívar Hydroelectric Plant , also Guri Dam ( Spanish : Central Hidroeléctrica Simón Bolívar or Represa de Guri ) , is a concrete gravity and embankment dam in Bolívar State , Venezuela on the Caroni River built from 1963 to 1969 . It is 7,426 metres long and 162 m high . It impounds the large Guri Reservoir ( Embalse de Guri ) with a surface area of 4,250 square kilometres ( 1,641 sq mi ) . The Guri Reservoir that supplies the dam is one of the largest on earth . The hydroelectric power station was once the largest worldwide in terms of installed capacity , replacing Grand Coulee HPP , but was surpassed by Brazil and Paraguay 's Itaipu .
The Ludila Dam ( 鲁地拉水电站 in chinese ) is a gravity dam on the Jinsha River near Lijiang in Yunnan province , China . The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and it will support a 2,160 MW power station . Construction on the dam began in 2007 and was briefly halted in June 2009 by the Ministry of Environmental Protection after it was being constructed without approval . On 13 June 2013 the dam 's first generator became operational . In May 2014 reports surfaced that the dam and been damaged or was structurally unsound , forcing engineers to draw down the reservoir level and leaving the power station inoperable . An estimated 16,900 people will be relocated after its construction .
The Shuangjiangkou Dam ( Chinese : 双江口大坝/双江口水电站 ) , also referred to as Shuang Jiang Kou ( Chinese : 双江口 ) , is an embankment dam currently being constructed on the Dadu River in Sichuan Province , China . When completed , the 312-metre-tall ( 1,024 ft ) dam will be the tallest dam in the world . Preliminary construction began in 2008 and the entire project was expected to be complete in 2018 . By April 2011 , over 200,000,000 m3 ( 261,590,124 cu yd ) of material had been excavated from the construction site . In March 2013 , China 's Ministry of Environmental Protection approved construction on the dam 's superstructure and associated facilities . The government acknowledged that the dam would have negative impacts on the environment but that developers were working to mitigate them . The dam is being built by the Guodian Group at a cost of US $ 4.02 billion . The entire construction period is expected to last 10 years . All turbines are expected to be commissioned by 2023 .
The Ahai Dam ( 阿海水电站 ) is a gravity dam on the Jinsha River in Yulong County , Lijiang Prefecture , Yunnan and in the river reach at about 5 km in the lower reaches of Cuiyu River mouth . Preliminary construction began in 2008 and construction on the dam superstructure and power station began in 2010 . The dams first generator was operational in December 2012 , the third by May 2013 . The fifth and final generator was commissioned on 9 June 2014 .
The Teles Pires Dam is a run-of-the-river hydroelectric dam on the Teles Pires River , 330 km ( 205 mi ) upstream of the confluence with the Tapajós river , on the border of the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Pará . The 80 metres ( 260 ft ) dam impounds a 150 square kilometres ( 58 sq mi ) reservoir ( 55 square kilometres ( 21 sq mi ) original river bed and 95 square kilometres ( 37 sq mi ) inundated area ) , 84% in Mato Grosso state ( Paranaíta district ) and 16% in Para state ( Jacareacanga district ) . The dam is part of a planned six power plant Hidrovia Tapajos/Teles Pires project to create a navigable waterway connecting the interior of Brazil to the Atlantic Ocean . The waterway will consist of six dams on the Teles Pires river ( 53 megawatts ( 71,000 hp ) Magessi Dam , 430 megawatts ( 580,000 hp ) Sinop Dam , 342 megawatts ( 459,000 hp ) Colider Dam , 1,820 megawatts ( 2,440,000 hp ) Teles Pires Dam , 746 megawatts ( 1,000,000 hp ) Sao Manoel Dam ) and the 230 megawatts ( 310,000 hp ) Foz do Apiacas Dam on the Apiacas river . Smaller upstream dams are still in the planning stages .