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General Information

Name in local language: 白鹤滩大坝 (Báihètān Dàbà)
Beginning of works: 2009
Completion: 2021
Status: under construction

Project Type

Structure: Arch dam
Function / usage: Hydroelectric dam / plant

Location

Location: ,
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Coordinates: 27° 12' 7.63" N    102° 53' 57.17" E
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Technical Information

Dimensions

height 277 m
retained water volume 17 924 000 000 m³
crest length 728 m
capacity for electric power generation 13 050 MW

Excerpt from Wikipedia

The Baihetan Dam (simplified Chinese: 白鹤滩大坝; traditional Chinese: 白鶴灘大壩; pinyin: Báihètān Dàbà) is a large hydroelectric dam under construction on the Jinsha River, an upper stretches of the Yangtze River in Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, in the southwest of China. The dam is a 277 m tall double-curvature arch dam with a crest elevation of 827 m. Its width will be 72 m at the base and 13 m at the crest.

The facility will generate power by utilizing 16 turbines, each with a generating capacity of 1,000 MW, taking the generating capacity to 16,000 MW. In terms of generating capacity, it will be the second-largest hydroelectric power plant in the world, after the Three Gorges Dam. When finished, it will be the third-largest dam in China and the fourth in the world, in terms of dam volume. Construction on the dam began in 2008 and is expected to be complete in 2021.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Baihetan Dam" and modified on 18 August 2020 according to the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.

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  • Published on:
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  • Last updated on:
    18/08/2020
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