After nine years of construction, installation, and testing, the Three Gorges Dam is now complete. On May 23, 2012, the last main generator finished its final test, increasing the facility's capacity to 22.5 GW and making it the world's largest capacity hydroelectric power plant. It's fitting that the Three Gorges Dam (TGD) achieved full commercial operation in 2012, the Year of the Dragon, based on the Chinese zodiac. The dragon sign represents accelerated risk-taking and breaking through outmoded paradigms. Through hard work and tenacity, the pioneering TGD developers and their staff overcame many obstacles to create an immense hydroelectric facility. Since the TGD was started almost a decade ago, it has set several world records in hydropower construction and achieved a series of technology breakthroughs, thanks to continuous scientific and technical advances.
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