Mega Dams -Hydroelectric Evolution – Big,Bigger Biggest
world’s largest hydroelectric gravity dam, the Three Gorges Dam in China, to be built. The dam, that harnesses the power of China’s mighty Yangtze River, is over 2 kilometres long, towers over 60 storeys high, and creates a reservoir 600 kilometres in length. The concrete superstructure has a generating capacity of 22,500 megawatts of power, enough to supply electricity to 60 million people. At its peak over 25,000 men and women were working round the clock to make what was once Chairman Mao’s dream a reality.
The programme explores how this immense project was made possible through a series of five engineering breakthroughs. Six landmark dams, including the Hoover Dam in America, each feature a major technological innovation that allowed engineers to create bigger dams generating ever more hydroelectric power. Using computer-generated animation, we share the incredible stories behind these projects and the inventions that have allowed them to increase in scale. Six ingenious leaps forward that enabled dams to evolve, from BIG, to BIGGER, into the world’s BIGGEST.
00:00 Introduction
04:17 Power Generation – Debdon Dam
11:57 River Diversion – Marèges Dam
19:08 Concrete – Hoover Dam
24:45 Flood – Grand Coulee Dam
31:07 Shipping – Krasnoyarsk Dam
38:15 Sediment – Three Gorges Dam
Episode from the “Big Bigger Biggest” documentary series exploring the engineering breakthroughs that have enabled us to develop some of the largest structures in existence.
MOST MASSIVE DAMS in the World
From colossal concrete barriers to towering arches reaching into the sky, these dams are the largest in the world. They harness the power of nature and have a transformative impact of the surrounding landscape. Here are the top 15 most massive dams in the world.
Dam That’s Big : The True Scale of the World’s Largest Dams
We’ve compared the world’s largest dams with well-known buildings to show their true scale. These engineering feats are not just big – they’re DAM big. This video was powered by Bluebeam – https://bit.ly/2DkdILi
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Narrated by Fred Mills. Additional footage and images courtesy of Shihan Shan, Google Earth, SkyscraperPage, Haroon Sadiq, Omeas Mumtaz Siddiqui, Ahsan Miana, Mott MacDonald, Le Grand Portage, Iran Water and Power Resources Development Co, State Power Dadu Hydropower Development Co and Li Donghui.
China’s $ 360 BILLION Plan To Build World ‘s Largest Network Of Mega Dams
China’s $360 BILLION Plan To Build World’s Largest Network Of Mega Dams
The Yangtze River has become the stage for one of the world’s most ambitious and controversial engineering feats: the construction of an unprecedented network of mega dams. From the colossal Three Gorges Dam to a series of other towering dams, China has already transformed the Yangtze into a hydroelectric powerhouse, capturing the attention of the world. And now, the Chinese government has started work on more than a dozen new mega dams along the upper section of the Yangtze. why is China investing billions into this massive and controversial infrastructure project?
လောပိတ ရေအား ျှပ်စစ် သမိုင်းကြောင်း နှင့် မိုးဗျဲ ဆည် နိုင်ငံတစ်နိုင်ငံဖွံ့ဖြိုးတိုးတက်ရေးမှာ လျှပ်စစ်ကဏ္ဍရပ်ဟာ အရေးပါတဲ့အနေအထားတစ်ခုအဖြစ်ရောက်လာပြီဖြစ်ပါတယ်။ လျှပ်စစ်ကဏ္ဍရပ်အတွက် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံမှာလည်း ကြိုးစားမှုတွေရှိခဲ့ပါတယ်။ အဲဒီလို ကြိုးစားမှုသမိုင်းကြောင်းတစ်ခုထဲက လောပိတရဲ့ သမိုင်းကြောင်းကို တင်ဆက်ပေးလိုက်ပါတယ်။
