Shwegyin Dam

Shwegyin Dam
Location of Shwegyin Dam
Country Burma
Location Shwegyin Township, Bago Region
Coordinates 17°58′15.60″N 96°56′09.79″E / 17.9710000°N 96.9360528°ECoordinates: 17°58′15.60″N 96°56′09.79″E / 17.9710000°N 96.9360528°E
Purpose Power
Status Operational
Construction began 2002
Opening date 2011
Owner(s) Ministry of Electric Power
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Embankment, rock-fill
Impounds Shwegyin River
Height 56.5 m (185 ft)
Reservoir
Total capacity 2,078×106 m3 (1,685,000 acre·ft)
Catchment area 878 km2 (339 sq mi)
Power station
Commission date 2010-2011
Hydraulic head 41.4 m (136 ft)
Turbines 4 x 18.75 MW (25,140 hp) Francis-type
Installed capacity 75 MW (101,000 hp)
Annual generation 262 GWh (940 TJ)

The Shwegyin Dam is a rock-fill dam on the Shwegyin River in Shwegyin Township of the Bago Region in Burma. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and it has a 75 megawatts (101,000 hp) power station just below its base. Construction on the dam began in 2002, the first generator was operational in December 2010 and it was formally opened on 22 October 2011. It is owned by the Ministry of Electric Power and cost US$161 million to construct.[1][2][3]

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References

  1. "Hydropower Generation Enterprise". Ministry of Electric Power. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  2. "Ceremony Held for the Full Operation of Shwegyin Hydropower Station in Myanmar". China Gezhouba (Group) Corporation. 27 October 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  3. "Myanmar Shwegyin HPP". Hydrochina Zhongnan Engineering Corporation. Retrieved 14 March 2014.