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Wujiangdu Dam

China

The 706th largest power station in the world

1.25 GW · Capacity

The Wujiangdu Dam is an arch-gravity dam on the Wu River south of Zunyi, Guizhou Province, China. The purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation, flood control and navigation. The dam's power stations contain five generators for a total installed capacity of 1,130 MW.

Power station data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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