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Xiaolangdi

China

The 454th largest power station in the world

1.8 GW · Capacity

The Xiaolangdi Dam (pinyin: Xiǎolàngdǐ) is a dam in Jiyuan, Henan Province, China, and impounds the Yellow River. The facility is located about 20 km to the northwest of Luoyang. It has a total installed capacity of 1,836 MW and generates up to 5.1 TWh annually with the help of six 306 MW turbines. The dam stands 154 m (505 ft) tall and 1,317 m (4, 321 ft) wide. It cost US$3.5 billion to construct.

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

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