| Goupitan Dam | |
| Name Official: | 构皮滩大坝 |
| Dam Crosses: | Wu River |
| Location: | Guizhou, China |
| Dam Length: | 557.110NaN0 |
| Dam Height: | 232.50NaN0 |
| Construction Began: | November 2003 |
| Opening: | 2009 |
| Status: | O |
| Dam Type: | Double-curvature arch dam |
| Cost: | ¥13.842 billion |
| Res Name: | Goupitan Reservoir |
| Res Capacity Total: | 64510000000NaN0 |
| Res Catchment: | 432500NaN0 |
| Res Surface: | 94.290NaN0 |
| Plant Turbines: | 5 × 600MW |
| Plant Capacity: | 3,000 MW |
| Plant Annual Gen: | 9.667 TWh (est.) |
| Plant Commission: | 2009 |
| Location Map: | China |
| Coordinates: | 27.3753°N 107.6331°W |
The Goupitan Dam is an arch dam on the Wu River, a tributary of the Yangtze River in Guizhou Province, southwest of China. The dam's hydroelectric facility will operate on five turbines, each with a hydroelectric generating capacity of, for a total of . Constructions began on in 2003 and the first generator was operational in June 2009.[1] All works were completed in 2011.[2] [3]
The dam is supplemented by the Goupitan shiplift, said to be the tallest boat lift in the world. Xinhua reported, on July 3, 2020, it would be complete by March 2021.