Pengshui Dam

Pengshui Dam
Location of Pengshui Dam in China
Country China
Coordinates 29°12′02″N 108°11′50″E / 29.20056°N 108.19722°E / 29.20056; 108.19722Coordinates: 29°12′02″N 108°11′50″E / 29.20056°N 108.19722°E / 29.20056; 108.19722
Status In use
Construction began 2003
Opening date 2008
Owner(s) Pengshui Hydropower Company
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Arch
Impounds Wu River
Height 116.5 m (382 ft)
Length 325.5 m (1,068 ft)
Reservoir
Creates Pengshui Reservoir
Total capacity 518,000,000 m3 (419,949 acre·ft)
Catchment area 69,000 km2 (26,641 sq mi)
Power station
Commission date 2008-2009
Type Conventional
Turbines 5 x 350 MW Francis turbines
Installed capacity 1,750 MW

The Pengshui Dam is an arch dam on the Wu River in Wulong County, Chongqing, China. The dam provides water to a 1,750 MW hydroelectric power station containing 5 x 350 MW generators. Construction on the dam began in September 2003 and the power plant was operational in 2008.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. "The biggest underground power house in karst area in China-Pengshui hydropower project on Wujiang river". ChangJiang Institute of Survey. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  2. "Wujiang Pengshui" (in Chinese). ChangJiang Institute of Survey. Retrieved 10 January 2011.


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