Changheba Dam | |
Location Map: | Sichuan |
Coordinates: | 30.4036°N 102.1186°W |
Country: | China |
Location: | Kangding, Sichuan |
Status: | O |
Construction Began: | 2006 |
Opening: | 2017 |
Cost: | $3.46 billion USD |
Owner: | Sichuan Datang International Ganzi Hydropower Development Company |
Dam Type: | Embankment, concrete face rock-fill |
Dam Length: | 16970NaN0 |
Dam Height: | 2400NaN0 |
Dam Crosses: | Dadu River |
Res Name: | Changheba Reservoir |
Res Capacity Total: | 10750000000NaN0 |
Plant Commission: | 2016-2017 |
Plant Turbines: | 4 x 650 MW Francis turbines |
Plant Capacity: | 2,600 MW |
The Changheba Dam is a concrete rock-filled embankment dam on the Dadu River near Kangding in Sichuan Province, China. Initial construction on the dam began in 2006, before it was officially approved in December 2010 and impounded in 2016. Its power station was fully operational in December 2017.[1] [2] [3] In July 2009, a landslide at the construction site killed four people while causing damage and temporarily blocking the river.[4]