Pubugou Dam

Pubugou Dam
Early stages of construction
Location of Pubugou Dam in China Sichuan
Official name	瀑布沟大坝
Coordinates	29°13′30″N 102°49′52″E / 29.22500°N 102.83111°ECoordinates: 29°13′30″N 102°49′52″E / 29.22500°N 102.83111°E
Status	In use
Construction began	2004-03-30
Opening date	2010
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Embankment, concrete face rock-fill
Impounds	Dadu River
Height	186 m (610 ft)
Reservoir
Creates	Pubugou Reservoir
Total capacity	5,390,000,000 m^3 (4,369,744 acre·ft)
Power station
Commission date	2009-2010
Turbines	6 x 550 MW
Installed capacity	3,300 MW

The Pubugou Dam (simplified Chinese: 瀑布沟大坝; traditional Chinese: 瀑布溝大壩; pinyin: Pùbùgōu Dàbà) is a concrete face rock-fill embankment dam on the Dadu River, a tributary of the Yangtze River in Sichuan Province (located in southwestern China). The main purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and its total generating capacity is 3,300 MW.

Construction started on March 30, 2004, the first generator was put into operation in December 2009 and the rest by March 2010.^[1] In 2004, the construction site was overrun by tens of thousands of protesters, though the only eventual result was the delay of construction by one year. The protests were about evictions stemming from planned flooding.^[2]

See also

• List of power stations in China

References

1. "State Power Dadu River Falls Hydropower Station Unit 4 put into power generation" (in Chinese). China Guodian. April 2, 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
2. "China 'executes dam protester'". BBC. 7 December 2006. Retrieved 9 January 2011.