China Turns On , World’s Second-Biggest , Hydropower Dam.<br />China Turns On , World’s Second-Biggest , Hydropower Dam.<br />On June 28, the Chinese government announced that the first two generating units of the Baihetan Dam have been turned on.<br />The 954-foot-tall dam is located on the <br />Jinsha River, a tributary of the Yangtze, <br />in southwestern China.<br />The 954-foot-tall dam is located on the <br />Jinsha River, a tributary of the Yangtze, <br />in southwestern China.<br />It will have 16 generating units with a capacity of 1 million kilowatts each, .<br />making it the second-largest dam after the Three Gorges Dam, which was opened in 2003 on the Yangtze. .<br />Both dams were built by the world's biggest <br />investor in wind, solar and hydropower <br />generation, state-owned <br />Three Gorges Group Corp.<br />Despite hydropower losing support in other countries due to claims of flooding and ecology disruption, .<br />China is building more dams in an attempt to reduce its dependence on coal and imported oil and gas.<br />According to the official Xinhua News Agency, once the Baihetan Hydropower Station is fully operational, it should replace the need for 20 million tons of coal annually
