Jiudianxia Dam | |
Location Map: | China |
Coordinates: | 34.9239°N 103.8328°W |
Country: | China |
Location: | Jonê County |
Status: | O |
Construction Began: | 2005 |
Opening: | 2008 |
Cost: | US$410 million |
Dam Type: | Embankment, concrete-face rock-fill |
Dam Height: | 136.50NaN0 |
Dam Volume: | 28000000NaN0 |
Dam Elevation Crest: | 22060NaN0 |
Dam Crosses: | Tao River |
Res Capacity Total: | 9430000000NaN0 |
Res Elevation: | 22020NaN0[1] |
Plant Commission: | 2008 |
Plant Turbines: | 3 x 100 MW Francis-type |
Plant Capacity: | 300 MW |
Plant Annual Gen: | 994 million kWh |
The Jiudianxia Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Tao River in Jonê County, Gansu Province, China. The dam was constructed to conserve water and produce hydroelectricity.[2] The 136.50NaN0 tall dam withholds a reservoir of 9430000000NaN0 and its power station has an installed capacity of 300 MW. Construction on the dam began in 2005 and it was complete in 2008.[3]