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General Information

Beginning of works: 1973
Completion: 1981
Status: in use

Project Type

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

Location

Location: ,
Coordinates: 36° 46' 28.92" N    139° 3' 46.80" E
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Technical Information

Dimensions

height 116 m
retained water volume 14 800 000 m³
crest length 570.1 m
dam volume 5 435 000 m³

Excerpt from Wikipedia

Tanbara Dam (玉原ダム, which can be mistakenly read Tamahara Dam) is a rock-fill embankment dam on a Tone River tributary in Gunma Prefecture of Japan. It is located 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) north of Numata. It creates the upper reservoir for the 1,200 megawatts (1,600,000 hp) Tamahara Pumped Storage Power Station (玉原発電所). Construction began in 1973 and the dam was complete in 1981 while the power station was commissioned in 1986. It is 116 metres (381 ft) tall and withholds a reservoir with a storage capacity of 14,800,000 m³ (11,999 acre⋅ft). Of that capacity, 13,000,000 cubic metres (11,000 acre⋅ft) is active (or useful) for power generation. The lower reservoir for the pumped-storage power station is created by the Fujiwara Dam, located 4 km (2 mi) to the northwest on another Tone River tributary. Power is generated during periods of high energy demand and pumping occurs during times when energy demand is low such as at night. The power station contains four 300 megawatts (400,000 hp) reversible Francis turbine pump-generators which serve to both pump water and generate electricity. The upper Tamahara Reservoir is at an elevation of 1,177 metres (3,862 ft) and the lower Fujiwara Reservoir is at 651 metres (2,136 ft) which affords the power station an effective hydraulic head of 518 metres (1,699 ft). When pumping, the pump-generators can move up to 210 cubic metres per second (7,400 cu ft/s) of water and when generating, they discharge up to 276 cubic metres per second (9,700 cu ft/s).

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Tamahara Dam" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.

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  • Structure-ID
    20041524
  • Published on:
    18/12/2008
  • Last updated on:
    04/06/2023
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