Marking its 30th year of construction, Three Gorges project in China generates 1.7t kWh of power

This photo taken on Aug 19, 2020 shows water gushing out from the Three Gorges Dam in Central China's Hubei province. - Photo: Xinhua

BEIJING: The Three Gorges project, the world's largest hydropower project, has generated over 1.7 trillion kWh of electricity. It marked the 30th anniversary of its construction on Saturday (Dec 14).

The amount is equivalent to saving 550 million tonnes of standard coal and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 1.49 billion tonnes, according to the Ministry of Water Resources.