Lower Paunglaung Dam

Lower Paunglaung Dam
Location of Lower Paunglaung Dam in Burma
Country Burma
Location Pyinmana, Zeyarthiri Township, Naypyidaw Union Territory
Coordinates 19°47′11.20″N 096°20′09.00″E / 19.7864444°N 96.3358333°E / 19.7864444; 96.3358333Coordinates: 19°47′11.20″N 096°20′09.00″E / 19.7864444°N 96.3358333°E / 19.7864444; 96.3358333
Purpose Power
Status Operational
Construction began 1996
Opening date 2005
Construction cost US$201.8 million
Owner(s) Ministry of Electric Power
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Embankment, rock-fill
Impounds Paunglaung River
Height 131 m (430 ft)
Length 945 m (3,100 ft)
Spillway type Uncontrolled, stepped chute
Reservoir
Total capacity 690×10^6 m3 (560,000 acre·ft)
Power station
Commission date 2004-2005
Hydraulic head 103.6 m (340 ft)
Turbines 4 x 70 MW (94,000 hp) Francis-type
Installed capacity 280 MW (380,000 hp)

The Lower Paunglaung Dam is a rock-fill embankment dam on the Paunglaung River, about 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) east of Pyinmana in Naypyidaw Union Territory, Burma. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and it had been under study since 1953. Construction began in 1996 and the first generators were commissioned in 2004 and the last in 2005. Cost of the dam and power station, funded by the Chinese government, was US$201.8 million. The dam's power house is located underground near the toe and spillway. It contains four 70 megawatts (94,000 hp) Francis turbine-generators.[1][2][3] The Upper Paunglaung Dam, being constructed upstream, is expected to regulate the river and improved power generation.[4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Hydropower Generation Enterprise" (PDF). Ministry of Electric Power. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Hydroelectric Power Plants in Myanmar". IndustCards. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "Brief Introduction of Paunglaung HPP". Yunnan Machinery & Equipment. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "Upper Paunglaung HPP, Myanmar". AF Consult. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
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