The 550MW water-turbine generator units at the Ertan Hydropower Station had the largest single-unit capacity in China in the twentieth century. The consortium led by CGGC installed as many as four ...

With a capacity of 3,300MW, second only to the massive Three Gorges dam, the Ertan dam is downstream of the planned Jinping power plants on the Yalong River.

From that point on, China became one of the biggest players in the international dam market in the 21st century. Chinese firms are now building 19 of the 24 largest hydropower plants currently ...

Ertan Hydropower Station Photo: Courtesy of POWERCHINA Chengdu Engineering Corporation Limited. The world's largest green, clean, renewable energy base surpassed a cumulative power generation of 1 ...

Wengler also worked on dam projects in China, Iran, Tanzania, Uganda, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe. He was part of a team of international consulting engineers working on the Ertan Dam on the Yalong ...