| Wudongde Dam | |
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| Official name | 乌东德坝 |
| Location | China |
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| Construction began | 2009 |
| Opening date | 2015 |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Height | 235 m (771 ft) |
| Impounds | Jinsha River |
| Power station | |
| Turbines | 12 × 725 MW |
| Installed capacity | 8,700 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 dam will generate power by utilizing 12 turbines, each with a generating capacity of 725 MW, totalling the generating capacity to 8,700 MW. Construction began in 2010 and is scheduled to complete in 2015.[1][2][3]