Huangdeng Dam Explained

Coordinates:26.5592°N 99.1156°W
Status:O
Construction Began:January 2010
Opening:June 2019
Plant Commission:2019
Dam Crosses:Lancang (upper Mekong)
Dam Height Thalweg:203 m
Dam Length:464 m
Huangdeng dam
Plant Capacity:1,900 MW
Res Capacity Total:1,613,000,000 m3
Dam Volume:3,678,000 m3
Purpose:Power, irrigation, recreation
Country:China
Owner:Yunnan Huaneng Lancang River Hydropower Co., Ltd.
Location:Yunnan Province

The Huangdeng Dam is a gravity dam recently completed on the Lancang (Mekong) River in Lanping Bai and Pumi Autonomous County of Yunnan Province, China. The fact that work on the dam was begun without formal approval from the central government was a subject of some controversy.[1]

Construction on the dam began in 2010 and its 1,900 MW hydroelectric power station was initially planned to be operational in 2016, with the entire project complete in 2018.[2] [3] The first unit was put into operation in July 2018[4] and the dam was fully commissioned in January 2019.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. News: China gives environmental approval to country's biggest hydro dam. 15 May 2013. Reuters. 2017-12-20.
  2. Web site: Huang Teng Hydropower Project in Yunnan Province in mid-November closure (云南黄登水电站工程计划于11月中旬截流) . Polaris Power Network News . 30 September 2013 . 17 June 2014 . Chinese.
  3. Web site: Testing the waters: Hydropower engineers pioneer fish lift in China | WLE Mekong. 2018-08-12. 2018-08-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20180812181456/https://wle-mekong.cgiar.org/testing-the-waters-hydropower-engineers-pioneer-fish-lift-in-china/. dead.
  4. Web site: The First Unit of Huang Deng Hydropower Plant Generated Power. Kunming Engineering Corporation Limited. 6 January 2020.
  5. Web site: 8th International Symposium on RCC dams. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20210725002123/http://www.chincold-smart.com/meetings/RCC2019/studytours.html. 25 July 2021. 7 January 2020.