langs: 22 июля [ru] / july 22 [en] / 22. juli [de] / 22 juillet [fr] / 22 luglio [it] / 22 de julio [es]

days: july 19 / july 20 / july 21 / july 22 / july 23 / july 24 / july 25

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Power plant / Power plant

#1 Three Gorges Dam

The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric gravity dam that spans the Yangtze River by the town of Sandouping , in Yiling District , Yichang , Hubei province, central China , downstream of the Three Gorges . The Three Gorges Dam has been the world's largest power station in terms of installed capacity

• ... [134] About 140,000 residents were relocated to other provinces. [135] Relocation was completed on july 22, 2008. [132] Some 2007 reports claimed that Chongqing Municipality will encourage an additional four ...

#2 Itaipu Dam

The Itaipu Dam ( Portuguese : Barragem de Itaipu [itɐjˈpu] , Spanish : Represa de Itaipú [itajˈpu] ) is a hydroelectric dam on the Paraná River located on the border between Brazil and Paraguay . The construction of the dam was first contested by Argentina , but the negotiations and resolution of th

• ... tiations between the two countries during the 1960s. The "Ata do Iguaçu" (Iguaçu Act) was signed on july 22, 1966, by the Brazilian and Paraguayan Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Juracy Magalhães and Raúl Sapen ...

#3 Shannon hydroelectric scheme

The Shannon hydroelectric Scheme was a major development by the Irish Free State in the 1920s to harness the power of the River Shannon . Its product, the Ardnacrusha power plant , is a hydroelectric power station which is still producing power today and is located near Ardnacrusha within County Cla

• ... Dr. McLaughlin became the managing director. The Shannon Scheme was officially opened at Parteen on 22 july 1929. One of the largest engineering projects of its day, it served as a model for large-scale elec ...

#4 Oroville Dam

Oroville Dam is an earthfill embankment dam on the Feather River east of the city of Oroville, California , in the Sierra Nevada foothills east of the Sacramento Valley . At 770 feet (235   m) high, it is the tallest dam in the U.S. [8] and serves mainly for water supply, hydroelectricity generation

• ... rgency spillway to sustain significant damage." [32] 2009 RIVER VALVE ACCIDENT At around 7:30 am on july 22, 2009, several workers were deep below the reservoir operating flow controls to test a river valve c ...