Baihetan Dam

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Baihetan Dam is a major Chinese hydroelectric gravity dam on the Jinsha (upper Yangtze) River, known as one of the world’s largest hydropower projects by installed capacity.

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instanceOf arch-gravity dam
gravity dam
hydroelectric dam
hydropower project
basinCountry China
constructionMethod roller-compacted concrete
constructionStartDate 2010
country China
crosses Jinsha River
damHeight about 289 m
damLength about 709 m
damType concrete gravity dam
designedBy Chinese design institutes
downstreamFrom Wudongde Dam
energySource hydropower
firstGeneratorCommissioned 2021
fullyCommissioned 2022
gridConnection China Southern Power Grid
State Grid Corporation of China
hasSpillway yes
installedCapacity 16000 MW
locatedIn China
Sichuan Province
Yunnan Province
locatedNear Ningnan County
Qiaojia County
locatedOnRiver Jinsha River
upper Yangtze River
notableFeature one of the world’s largest hydropower projects by installed capacity
uses large 1000 MW-class hydro turbines
numberOfTurbines 16
operator China Three Gorges Corporation
owner China Three Gorges Corporation
partOf Yangtze River hydropower cascade
projectType large-scale infrastructure project
purpose flood control
navigation improvement
power generation
water regulation
rankByInstalledCapacity among the largest hydropower stations in the world
region southwest China
linked to: Southwest China
reservoirName Baihetan Reservoir
riverSystem Yangtze River basin
status operational
turbineCapacity 1000 MW
turbineType Francis turbine
upstreamFrom Xiluodu Dam

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China Three Gorges Corporation notableProject Baihetan Hydropower Station (participation)
linked to: Baihetan Dam
Jinsha River hasHydropowerStation Baihetan Dam