How much profit can the Three Gorges Dam, which took 15 years and invested hundreds of billions, create every day now?

The Three Gorges Dam Project is by far the largest water conservancy hub in the world. It is naturally not easy to build such a large project, which consumes huge human, financial and material resources. It took fifteen years for the Three Gorges Dam project to start in 1994 and be completed in 29, with a total investment of 95.46 billion yuan. With such an investment, I believe many people are curious. What is the daily income generated by the Three Gorges Dam?

As we all know, the most direct benefit created by the Three Gorges Dam is power generation. The Three Gorges Hydropower Station is a power station with huge capacity, with 32 hydroelectric generating units installed, each with a capacity of 7, kilowatts and a total capacity of 22.4 million kilowatts. The investment of the Three Gorges Hydropower Station is 13 billion yuan, much more than the main building of the Three Gorges.

The average annual power generation of hydropower stations is 84.68 billion kWh, and the average annual income generated is more than 5 billion yuan. Therefore, since it was put into production in 212, it has already earned its capital back.

But the meaning of the Three Gorges Dam project is far more than just for power generation, it has a far-reaching impact. According to statistics, in the 1 years of the 2th century, 3, people in China died of floods in the Yangtze River basin, with countless property losses and countless homes destroyed by floods in the Yangtze River basin. Therefore, one of the main functions of the Three Gorges Dam is flood control.

in addition to flood control, the Three Gorges Dam also has the function of drought resistance. The Three Gorges Dam has a strong water storage function. When there is drought in the downstream, the dam can increase the water discharge function to alleviate the drought.

In addition, the Three Gorges Reservoir has the function of shipping, which has great navigation capacity and greatly improved the navigation conditions in the Yangtze River basin. Moreover, the Sanxia Dam is now a famous scenic tourist area. Therefore, on the whole, the benefits brought by the Three Gorges Dam to China are incalculable.

actually, the function of the Three Gorges Dam was not put forward after the reform and opening up, and it has a long history. As early as 1918, Mr. Sun Zhongshan put forward the idea of the Three Gorges Project and published a paper, which caused great repercussions in the world. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, China immediately set up the Yangtze River Water Conservancy Commission, and studied the feasibility of the Three Gorges Project at the same time as the comprehensive management of the Yangtze River, and then began to survey, study, plan and design until the construction.

Therefore, it took a hundred years for the Three Gorges Dam project to be conceived and realized. But it's also worthwhile, and it's a career with great achievements.