Wudongde Dam

Wudongde Dam
Location of Wudongde Dam in China
Official name 乌东德坝
Location China
Coordinates 26°20′02″N 102°37′48″E / 26.33389°N 102.63000°E / 26.33389; 102.63000Coordinates: 26°20′02″N 102°37′48″E / 26.33389°N 102.63000°E / 26.33389; 102.63000
Construction began 2014
Opening date 2020 (est.)
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Gravity
Impounds Jinsha River
Height 240 m (787 ft)
Reservoir
Total capacity 4,000,000,000 m3 (3,200,000 acre⋅ft)
Power Station
Commission date 2018-2020 (est.)
Turbines 12 × 850 MW Francis-type
Installed capacity 10,200 MW

The Wudongde Dam (simplified Chinese: 乌东德坝; traditional Chinese: 烏東德壩; pinyin: Wūdōngdé Bà) is a large hydroelectric dam currently under construction on the Jinsha River, a tributary of the Yangtze River in Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, southwest China. The design is one of the tallest in the world at 240 m (787 ft), and will generate power by utilizing 12 turbines, each with a generating capacity of 850 MW, totalling the generating capacity to 10,200 MW. Construction began in 2014, the first generator is scheduled to be commissioned in 2018 and the entire project completed in 2020.[1][2][3][4]

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References

  1. ↑ 樊启祥考察金沙江乌东德水电站坝址和对外交通，要求把工程前期工作做深做细
  2. ↑ Dams on the Jinsha River
  3. ↑ "Wudongde hydropower dam library development features and driving River debris flow hazard assessment" (in Chinese). Boshuo. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
  4. ↑ "Wudongde Hydropower Project". China International Water and Electric Corporation. Retrieved 12 June 2014.


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