Pengshui Dam Explained

Pengshui Dam
Location Map:China
Coordinates:29.2006°N 108.1972°W
Country:China
Status:In use
Construction Began:2003
Opening:2008
Owner:Pengshui Hydropower Company
Dam Type:Arch
Dam Length:325.50NaN0
Dam Height:116.50NaN0
Dam Crosses:Wu River
Res Name:Pengshui Reservoir
Res Capacity Total:5180000000NaN0
Res Catchment:690000NaN0
Plant Commission:2008-2009
Plant Type:Conventional
Plant Turbines:5 x 350 MW Francis turbines
Plant Capacity:1,750 MW

The Pengshui Dam is an arch dam on the Wu River in Wulong County, Chongqing, China. The dam provides water to a 1,750 MW hydroelectric power station containing 5 x 350 MW generators. Construction on the dam began in September 2003 and the power plant was operational in 2008.[1] [2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The biggest underground power house in karst area in China-Pengshui hydropower project on Wujiang river. ChangJiang Institute of Survey. 10 January 2011. dead. https://archive.today/20070801144537/http://www.cjwsjy.com.cn/index_en.asp?id=36. 1 August 2007.
  2. Web site: Wujiang Pengshui. ChangJiang Institute of Survey. Chinese. 10 January 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110901035244/http://www.cjwsjy.com.cn/gcyg/20050801529.htm. 1 September 2011.