Wudongde Dam Explained
| Wudongde Dam |
| Name Official: | 乌东德坝 |
| Dam Crosses: | Jinsha River |
| Location: | China |
| Dam Type: | Compound Arch |
| Dam Height: | 2400NaN0 |
| Construction Began: | 2015[1] |
| Opening: | June 2021 |
| Res Capacity Total: | 7400000000m2 |
| Plant Operator: | China Three Gorges Corporation |
| Plant Turbines: | 12 × 850 MW Francis-type |
| Plant Capacity: | 10,200 MW |
| Plant Annual Gen: | 38,910 |
| Plant Commission: | 2021 |
| Location Map: | China |
| Coordinates: | 26.3339°N 102.63°W |
The Wudongde Dam is a large hydroelectric dam on the Jinsha River, an upper stretch of Yangtze River in Sichuan and Yunnan provinces in southwest China.
The design is one of the tallest in the world at 2400NaN0, and will generate power by utilizing 12 turbines, each with a generating capacity of, totalling the generating capacity to . Construction began in 2015, the first generator was scheduled to be commissioned in 2018 and the entire project completed in 2021.[2] [3] [4] [5] The power station is owned by China Three Gorges Corporation.[6]
The first two turbines went online in July 2020.[7] [8] The station became fully operational in June 2021.[9]
See also
Notes and References
- News: China's giant Wudongde hydro project begins power generation. Reuters. 30 June 2020.
- http://www.ctgpc.com.cn/news/view_info.php?mNewsId=16290 樊启祥考察金沙江乌东德水电站坝址和对外交通，要求把工程前期工作做深做细
- http://www.internationalrivers.org/chi/china/jinsha-river/jinsha-river-dams Dams on the Jinsha River
- Web site: Wudongde hydropower dam library development features and driving River debris flow hazard assessment. Boshuo. 10 July 2011. Chinese. 21 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160121165541/http://www.boshuo.net/2010/0919/33953.html. dead.
- Web site: Wudongde Hydropower Project . China International Water and Electric Corporation . 12 June 2014.
- News: 29 June 2020. China Three Gorges Starts Operation at Wudongde Hydro Station. 2020-08-18. Bloomberg.
- Web site: 2020-07-07. First unit of China's 10,200-MW Wudongde hydropower station connected to grid. 2020-08-18. Hydro Review. en-US.
- Web site: Chronicle. Cosmos. 2020-08-13. China opens first Hydro-Power Dam to withstand large Temperature Differences. 2020-08-18. Cosmos Chronicle. en-US.
- Web site: China's Wudongde hydropower project begins full operations . Power Technology . 17 June 2021 .
