21.12.2012
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World's 10 largest power producing facilities

Three Gorges Dam China

The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric dam that spans the Yangtze River by the town of Sandouping, located in Yiling District, Yichang, Hubei province, China. The Three Gorges Dam is the world's largest power station in terms of installed capacity (22,500 MW) but is second to Itaipu Dam with regard to the generation of electricity annually.

 

Itaipu Dam

Brazil/ Paraguay

The Itaipu Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Paraná River located on the border between Brazil and Paraguay. The name "Itaipu" was taken from an isle that existed near the construction site. In the Guaraní language, Itaipu means "the sound of a stone".The dam's 14,000 MW installed capacity is second to the Three Gorges Dam's 22,500 MW.

 

Guri Dam

Venezuela

The Guri Dam is a concrete gravity and embankment dam in Bolívar State, Venezuela on the Caroni River. As of 2009, the hydroelectric plant was the third-largest in the world, with 10,200 MW capacity.

 

Kashiwazaki–Kariwa Nuclear Power

Japan

The Kashiwazaki–Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant is owned and operated by The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO). It is the largest nuclear generating station in the world by net electrical power rating. It has a 8,212 MW capacity, though only 4,912 MW are operational after an earthquake in 2007.

 

Tucurui Dam

Brazil

The The Tucuruí Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Tocantins River located on the Tucuruí County in the State of Pará, Brazil. The main purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power production and navigation. It is the first large-scale hydroelectric project in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest. The maximum capacity of the 25-unit plant is 8,370 MW.

 

Bruce Nuclear Generating Station

Canada

Bruce Nuclear Generating Station is a Canadian nuclear power station located on the eastern shore of Lake Huron, in the communities of Inverhuron and Tiverton, Ontario. It is the second largest nuclear generating station in the world by net electrical power rating. The Bruce station is the largest nuclear facility in North America, and second largest in the world

 

Grand Coulee Dam

USA

Grand Coulee Dam is a gravity dam on the Columbia River in the US state of Washington built to produce hydroelectric power and provide irrigation. The power station's installed capacity is 6,809 MW.

 

Longtan Dam

China

Dam is a large roller-compacted concrete (RCC) gravity dam on the Hongshui River in Tian'e County of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, a tributary of the Xi River and the Pearl River.The power station has an installed capacity of 6,300 MW.

 

Krasnoyarsk Dam

Russia

The Krasnoyarsk Dam is a 124-metre (407 ft) high concrete gravity dam located on the Yenisey River about 30 kilometres (19 mi) upstream from Krasnoyarsk in Divnogorsk, Russia. Its installed capacity is 6,000 MW

 

aporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant

Ukraine

The Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Station in Ukraine is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe and the third largest in the world. Its installed capacity is 6,000 MWe.

Russia unveils world's longest cable bridge

Russia unveiled the world's longest cable-stayed bridge on July 2 as it put the finishing touches on a troubled multi-billion investment aimed at revitalizing the country's distant Far East.Here’s a look at some record-breaking bridges from around the world.

1.     General view taken on June 26, 2012 shows the world's longest cable-stayed Russky Island bridge in Vladivostok. French company Freyssinet, a subsidiary of VINCI, world leader in prestressing and cable stays designed, supplied and installed 168 stay cables for the 1872m lenght Russky Island bridge. AFP PHOTO MARTIN BUREAU

Russia unveils world's longest cable bridge

Russia unveiled the world's longest cable-stayed bridge on July 2 as it put the finishing touches on a troubled multi-billion investment aimed at revitalizing the country's distant Far East.Here’s a look at some record-breaking bridges from around the world.

 

1.     General view taken on June 26, 2012 shows the world's longest cable-stayed Russky Island bridge in Vladivostok. French company Freyssinet, a subsidiary of VINCI, world leader in prestressing and cable stays designed, supplied and installed 168 stay cables for the 1872m lenght Russky Island bridge. AFP PHOTO MARTIN BUREAU

Fire at Abirami complex in Chennai

A suspected eletrical short circuit led to a blaze at the Abirami Mega Mall on Monday morning. Over 40 firemen battled the blaze and put it out within 30 minutes. No one was injured in the incident.

Sources with the Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services (TNFRS) said the fire, near an eatery in the second floor of the building, was reported at around 6.50 a.m. on Monday and tenders from the Kilpauk, Vepery and Egmore fire stations were rushed to the spot .

“A little after 6.15 a.m., a security guard on duty turned on the main switch outside the Swarna Sakthi Abirami cinema hall on the second floor. Smoke started to emerge from the electrical unit. Before he could get a technician to the spot, a fire had started,” an employee of the mall said.

The firemen who reached the spot had to wear gas masks before they could enter. They pressed the tenders into action with support from Metro Water lorries and put out the fire within 30 minutes. A skylift was also brought to the spot in case of a rescue effort.

The false ceiling, wooden decors, doors and some other items in the eatery outside the cinema hall were partially charred. No one was injured in the fire as the few employees who had reported for work escaped from the building in time. If the fire had broken out during the later part of the day, it could have been devastating, fire department sources said.

Divisional Fire Officer (North) D.N. Velayuthan Nair, in-charge of operations for the day, said that the eatery where the fire started did not have a sprinkler installed .“The mall seems to have the necessary fire safety apparatus and signage. However, a police enquiry would ascertain all that and also the cause of fire,” Mr. Nair said.

The building, on Purasawalkam High Road, houses a mall with shops and food courts and three cinema halls. Over 5,000 persons come to the mall on a daily basis.

An investigation is on by Secretariat Colony police.