Sanbanxi Dam

Sanbanxi Dam
Location of Sanbanxi Dam
Country China
Location Jinping County, Guizhou Province
Coordinates 26°36′21″N 109°02′54″E / 26.60583°N 109.04833°ECoordinates: 26°36′21″N 109°02′54″E / 26.60583°N 109.04833°E
Status In use
Construction began 2001
Opening date 2006
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Embankment, concrete face rock-fill
Impounds Yuan (Qingshui) River
Height 185.5 metres (609 ft)
Length 423.75 metres (1,390 ft)
Dam volume 8,280,000 metres (27,165,354 ft)
Spillways 3
Spillway type Service, gate-controlled chute on crest
Spillway capacity 13,100 cubic metres per second (462,622 cu ft/s) (max)
Reservoir
Creates Sanbanxi Reservoir
Total capacity 4,094,000,000 m3 (3,319,060 acre·ft)
Power station
Turbines 4 x 250 MW
Installed capacity 1,000 MW
Annual generation 2.428 billion kWh

The Sanbanxi Dam is a concrete face rock-fill embankment dam on the Yuan (Qingshui) River in Jinping County, Guizhou Province, China. The dam houses a hydroelectric power station with 4 x 250 MW generators for a total installed capacity of 1,000 MW.[1] Construction began in 2001 and was complete by 2006.[2]

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References

  1. "Sanbanxi Hydro Power Station" (in Chinese). S.C.Consultation. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  2. "China’s highest CFRDs". Chinese National Committee on Large Dams. Retrieved 8 January 2011.