Three Gorges Dam water turbines in the underground plant began production. The ship lift was complete in December 2015. Each main water turbine has a capacity of 700 MW. The dam body was completed in 2006. Coupling the dam's 32 main turbines with two smaller generators (50 MW each) to power the plant itself, the total electric generating capacity of the dam is 22,500 MW. As well as producing electricity, the dam is intended to increase the Yangtze River's shipping capacity and reduce the potential for floods downstream by providing flood storage space. China regards the project as monumental as well as a
Grand Inga Dam Grand Inga Dam The Grand Inga Dam is a proposed hydroelectric dam on the Congo River at Inga Falls in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The proposed dam is the fourth and largest of the Inga dams, from Inga-I, from Inga-II, and from the proposed Inga-III. The dam has an expected generating capacity of , with 52 turbines each with a capacity of . This is close to twice the capacity of the Three Gorges Dam, which is currently known as the largest energy-generating body ever built. Inga Falls on the Congo River is a group of rapids (or