Malo opangira magetsi amtundu wa Dam okhala ndi zosungira madzi m'mitsinje yomwe imayang'ana mbali zonse kapena zambiri zopangira magetsi.

Malo opangira magetsi amtundu wa madamu makamaka amatengera malo opangira magetsi opangira magetsi omwe amamanga malo osungira madzi m'mitsinje kuti apange malo osungiramo madzi, kuyika madzi achilengedwe omwe amalowa kuti akweze madzi, komanso kupanga magetsi pogwiritsa ntchito kusiyana kwa mitu. Chofunikira chachikulu ndichakuti madamu ndi malo opangira magetsi amadzi amakhazikika mumtsinje waufupi womwewo.
Malo opangira magetsi amtundu wa madamu nthawi zambiri amaphatikiza zosungira madzi, zotulutsa madzi, mapaipi oponderezedwa, makina opangira magetsi, ma turbines, ma jenereta, ndi zida zothandizira. Malo ambiri osungira madzi omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi madamu ndi malo opangira magetsi opangira madzi apakatikati kapena apamwamba, pomwe omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi zipata amakhala malo opangira magetsi opangira magetsi ochepa. Pamene mutu wamadzi suli wokwera ndipo ngalande ya mtsinje ndi yotakata, magetsi amagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati gawo losungira madzi. Malo opangira magetsi amtundu woterewa amadziwikanso kuti malo opangira mphamvu zamagetsi pamtsinje kapena doko la hydropower.
Malo opangira magetsi amtundu wa madamu atha kugawidwa m'magulu awiri kutengera malo omwe ali pakati pa damu ndi malo opangira mphamvu yamadzi: madamu omwe ali kumbuyo kwa mtundu ndi mtundu wa mitsinje. Malo opangira magetsi amtundu wa hydropower station amakonzedwa kumunsi kwa mtsinje wa damu ndipo amapanga magetsi popatutsa madzi kudzera pa mapaipi apakati. Malo opangira magetsi pawokha sakhala ndi kuthamanga kwa madzi akumtunda. Nyumba yopangira magetsi, damu, spillway ndi nyumba zina za malo opangira magetsi opangira magetsi ku riverbed zonse zimamangidwa mumtsinje ndipo ndi gawo la malo osungira madzi, omwe amanyamula kuthamanga kwa madzi kumtunda. Dongosololi ndi lothandiza kupulumutsa ndalama zonse za polojekiti.

Damu la hydropower mtundu wa madamu nthawi zambiri amakhala okwera. Choyamba, imagwiritsa ntchito mutu wapamwamba wamadzi kuti iwonjezere kuchuluka kwa malo opangira magetsi, omwe amatha kusinthana ndi zofunikira zometa pamakina amagetsi; Kachiwiri, pali malo ambiri osungira omwe amatha kuwongolera kuthamanga kwambiri kuti muchepetse kuthamanga kwa mitsinje ya kusefukira kwamadzi; Chachitatu, mapindu athunthu ndi ofunika kwambiri. Choyipa chake ndi kuchuluka kwa kuwonongeka komwe kumachitika chifukwa cha kusefukira kwa malo osungiramo madzi komanso kuvutikira kusamutsa ndikukhazikitsanso anthu akumidzi ndi akumidzi. Choncho, malo opangira magetsi amtundu wa madamu okhala ndi madamu aatali ndi malo osungiramo madzi aakulu nthawi zambiri amamangidwa m’madera okhala ndi mapiri aatali, mitsinje, madzi ochuluka olowera, ndi kusefukira kwa madzi pang’ono.
Malo opangira magetsi amtundu wa madamu akulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi omwe amangidwa amakhala kwambiri ku China, pomwe Damu la Three Gorges lili pamalo oyamba ndi mphamvu yoyikapo makilowati 22.5 miliyoni. Kuphatikiza pazabwino zake zopangira mphamvu zamagetsi, Damu la Three Gorges lilinso ndi maubwino ambiri pakuwonetsetsa kuwongolera kusefukira kwamadzi, kuwongolera kuyenda, komanso kugwiritsa ntchito madzi pakati ndi m'munsi mwa mtsinje wa Yangtze, ndikupangitsa kukhala "chuma chadziko".
Kuyambira pa 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China yamanga malo angapo otchuka padziko lonse lapansi opangira mphamvu zamagetsi. Pa June 28, 2021, gulu loyamba la mayunitsi ku Baihetan Hydropower Station linayikidwa, ndi mphamvu yoikidwa ya 16 miliyoni kilowatts; Pa Juni 29, 2020, gulu loyamba la mayunitsi a Wudongde Hydropower Station adayikidwa kuti azitha kupanga magetsi, ndi mphamvu zonse zoyika ma kilowatts 10.2 miliyoni. Malo awiriwa opangira magetsi opangira magetsi, komanso malo opangira magetsi a Xiluodu, Xiangjiaba, Three Gorges, ndi Gezhouba hydropower, amapanga khola lalikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi lamagetsi oyera, lomwe lili ndi mphamvu zokwana ma kilowatts miliyoni 71.695, zomwe zimawerengera pafupifupi 20% ya mphamvu zonse zopangira magetsi ku China. Amapereka chotchinga chodalirika chachitetezo chowongolera kusefukira kwamadzi, chitetezo chotumiza, chitetezo chachilengedwe, chitetezo chamadzi, komanso chitetezo champhamvu mumtsinje wa Yangtze River Basin.
Lipoti la National Congress of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China likufuna kulimbikitsa mwachangu komanso mosasunthika kulimbikitsa kuchuluka kwa mpweya komanso kusalowerera ndale kwa kaboni. Kupititsa patsogolo mphamvu zamagetsi ndi zomangamanga zidzabweretsa mwayi watsopano wachitukuko, ndipo mphamvu ya madzi idzachitanso "mwala wapangodya" pakusintha mphamvu ndi chitukuko chapamwamba.