Tokuyama Dam

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Tokuyama Dam
Tokuyama Dam
Location
Left side:Ibigawa, Gifu, Higashisuibara
Right side:Ibigawa, Gifu Higashisuibara
Coordinates 35° 39 55° N
river(s) Kiso River-Ibi River
Lake of the dam To be named
Dam type Rock fill dam
Numerical characteristics
Height 161 m
Length 427.1 m
Dam volume 13,700,000 m³
Reservoir volume 660,000,000 m³
Utilized volume 380,400,000 m³
River basin area 254.5 km²
Reservoir area 13 km²
Dam use Flood ControlIrrigation
Waterworks・Industry・Power
Owner EPDC
Ministry of Construction
Chubu Office
→Japan Water Agency
Operator EPDC
Chubu Electric
Electric generators
(Output)
Tokuyama generator
153 MW
Construction company Kumagai Gumi
Taisei Corporation
Asunaro Aoki Construction
Construction start/end 1971/2008
Notes  350 billion yen total cost
Template (Talk Info) WP:E

The Tokuyama Dam is a future hydroelectric plant in Japan.

The town of Tokuyama-mura as of June 2003 before being flooded.
The town of Tokuyama-mura as of June 2003 before being flooded.
The same area today in the experimental flooding stage.
The same area today in the experimental flooding stage.

[edit] History

  • December 1957 The Ibi River was selected for study by the Electric Power Development Company at the 23rd Electric Power Development Coordinating Meeting
  • May 1976 The Ministry of Construction releases the bulletin "Policy on Tokuyama Dam Construction Project"
  • December 1982 Project incorporated into Electric Power Development Basic Plan at the 90th Electric Power Development Coordinating Meeting 400 MW pumped storage plan
  • May 2000 Construction on main part started
  • May 2004 Plan for electrical output changed from 400 MW of pumped-storage hydropower to start in 2008, to 153 MW of conventional hydropower to start in 2014
  • September 2006 Experimental filling of the reservoir behind the Tokuyama Dam began

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