General Information
| Name in local language: | 白鹤滩大坝 (Báihètān Dàbà) |
|---|---|
| Beginning of works: | 2009 |
| Completion: | 2021 |
| Status: | under construction |
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Hydroelectric dam / plant |
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| Structure: |
Arch dam |
Location
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 August 18, 2020 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
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Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2016): Identification of structural domains considering the size effect of rock mass discontinuities: A case study of an underground excavation in Baihetan Dam, China. In: Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, v. 51 (January 2016), pp. 75-83.
- (2013): Size effect of RQD and generalized representative volume elements: A case study on an underground excavation in Baihetan dam, Southwest China. In: Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, v. 35 (April 2013), pp. 89-98.
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24/12/2008 - Last updated on:
18/08/2020
