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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 January 2025. Dam in Clark County, Nevada, and Mohave County, Arizona, US For other uses, see Hoover Dam (disambiguation). "Boulder Dam" redirects here. For other uses, see Boulder Dam (disambiguation). Dam in Arizona, U.S. Hoover Dam Hoover Dam by Ansel Adams, 1941 Official name Hoover Dam Location ...
The Hoover Dam, when completed in 1936, was both the world's largest electric-power generating station and the world's largest concrete structure. Hoover Dam power station. Hydroelectricity is, as of 2019, the second-largest renewable source of energy in both generation and nominal capacity (behind wind power) in the United States. [1]
The water intakes of Hoover Dam on Lake Mead, and the "bathtub ring" behind them, show how far below its historical level the vast reservoir has fallen. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Lake Mead in October 2021, as seen from the Hoover Dam with the white band showing the high water level In June 2010, the lake was at 39% of its capacity, [ 22 ] and on November 30, 2010, it reached 1,081.94 feet (329.78 m), setting a new record monthly low. [ 23 ]
With people concerned over the $165 million price tag for the project, it was decided that the dam would control floods, provide irrigation water and produce and sell hydroelectric power to ...
Watch as this Hoover Dam visitor puts this to the test and witnesses first-hand that if water is poured over the dam it indeed moves flows up, seemingly defying gravity. How amazing is that!
Hoover Dam's initial 1,345 MW power station was the world's largest hydroelectric power station in 1936; it was eclipsed by the 6,809 MW Grand Coulee Dam in 1942. [20] The Itaipu Dam opened in 1984 in South America as the largest, producing 14 GW , but was surpassed in 2008 by the Three Gorges Dam in China at 22.5 GW .
This article provides a list of the largest hydroelectric power stations by generating capacity. Only plants with capacity larger than 3,000 MW are listed. The Three Gorges Dam in Hubei, China, has the world's largest instantaneous generating capacity at 22,500 MW of power. In second place is the Baihetan Dam, also in China, with a capacity of ...