Compare land use of hydropower to solar power by computing the ratio of power output to reservoir
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Compare land use of hydropower to solar power by computing the ratio of power output to reservoir surface area for the Three Gorges Dam (maximum capacity 22500 MW, reservoir area 1084 km2) and the Hoover Dam (maximum capacity 2080 MW, reservoir area 680 km2), and comparing to the power density of a typical large-scale solar thermal or solar photovoltaic power plant in the desert.
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