Environmental Engineering Reference
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30°49
′
10
″
N
Three Gorges Dam
in China. Built between 1993 and 2006. 26
turbines supply output of 18 200 MW.
111°00
′
00
″
O
36°00
′
58
″
N
114°44
′
16
″
W
Hoover Dam
(Nevada-Arizona, USA). Built between 1931 and
1935. Height of dam wall 221 m. Total of 17 turbines with an
output of 2074 MW.
47°33
′
22
″
N
8°02
′
56
″
O
Run-of-river power plant
Laufenburg
on the Rhine in Germany.
Completed 1914. Electricity output 106 MW.
47°34
′
12
″
N
7°48
′
46
″
O
Rheinfelden
run-of-river power plant on the Rhine in Germany.
First run-of-river plant in Europe, built in 1899. Currently being
modernized and enlarged.
50°30
′
34
″
N
11°01
′
16
″
O
Pumped storage power plant
Goldisthal
in Thüringen, Germany.
The upper basin contains 12 million m
3
of water. The power
plant output is 1060 MW.
48°37
′
08
″
N
2°01
′
11
″
W
Rance
tidal power plant (Saint-Malo, France). Completed in
1966. 24 turbines supply 240 MW.
