| Xiangjiaba Dam | |
| Name Official: | 向家坝 |
| Dam Crosses: | Jinsha River |
| Location: | Yunnan |
| Dam Type: | Gravity |
| Dam Length: | 909m (2,982feet) |
| Dam Height: | 161m (528feet) |
| Construction Began: | November 26, 2006 |
| Opening: | 2012 |
| Status: | O |
| Res Capacity Total: | 5163000000m2 |
| Res Catchment: | 4588000NaN0 |
| Res Surface: | 95.60NaN0[1] |
| Plant Operator: | China Yangtze Power |
| Plant Turbines: | 4 × 812 MW, 4 × 800 MW, 3 x 450 MWMW Francis-type |
| Plant Capacity: | 7,798 MW |
| Plant Annual Gen: | 30.7 TWh (2015) |
| Plant Commission: | 2012-2014 |
| Location Map: | China |
| Coordinates: | 28.6467°N 104.3925°W |
The Xiangjiaba Dam is a large gravity dam on the Jinsha River, a tributary of the Yangtze River in Yunnan Province and Sichuan Province in southwest China. The facility has eleven Francis turbines, four with a capacity of 812 MW and four rated at and three with 450 MW, totalling an installed capacity of .[2] Xiangjiaba Dam is China's fourth-biggest hydropower station following Three Gorges Dam, Baihetan Dam and Xiluodu Dam.Construction started on November 26, 2006, and its first generator was commissioned in October 2012.[3] The last generator was commissioned on July 9, 2014.[4]
The output of the generating station is connected to an ±800 kV HVDC link, the Xiangjiaba–Shanghai HVDC system, which transmits the power to Shanghai.