The `Three Gorges` dam is the most electricity-generating in the world

ArabiaWeather.com - Mohamed Salama - The Three Gorges Dam is one of the largest engineering projects in generating electricity in the world. The giant dam was built on the banks of the Yangtze River in central China.

It is one of the largest engineering projects in human history, at a cost of more than $5 billion.

The dam's productivity in 2014 was estimated at 8.98 billion kilowatt-hours, as the 32 turbines in it operate to produce an estimated power of 5.22 million kilowatts, which is equivalent to the production of 15 nuclear reactors, while the electricity generated by the Three Gorges Dam is equivalent to 50 million tons of coal.

China is the first country in the world to consume coal, and it aims through these giant projects to replace energy sources that are threatened with depletion with other renewable and clean sources in a country that suffers from high levels of pollution.