Changheba Dam

Changheba Dam
Location of Changheba Dam
Country	China
Location	Kangding, Sichuan Province
Coordinates	30°24′13″N 102°07′07″E / 30.40361°N 102.11861°E / 30.40361; 102.11861Coordinates: 30°24′13″N 102°07′07″E / 30.40361°N 102.11861°E / 30.40361; 102.11861
Status	Under construction
Construction began	2006
Opening date	2016
Construction cost	$3.46 billion USD
Owner(s)	Sichuan Datang International Ganzi Hydropower Development Company
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Embankment, concrete face rock-fill
Height	240 m (787 ft)
Length	1,697 m (5,568 ft)
Impounds	Dadu River
Reservoir
Creates	Changheba Reservoir
Capacity	1,075,000,000 m3 (871,517 acre·ft)
Power station
Commission date	2016-2018 (est.)
Turbines	4 x 650 MW Francis turbines
Installed capacity	2,600 MW

The Changheba Dam is an under construction concrete face rock-fill embankment dam on the Dadu River near Kangding in Sichuan Province, China. Initial construction on the dam began in 2006, it was officially approved in December 2010 and its power station is expected to be operational by 2016.^[1][2] In July 2009, a landslide at the construction site killed four people while causing damage and temporarily blocking the river.^[3]

See also

• List of power stations in China

References

1. ^ "Changheba Hydropower Approved". Breakbulk. 2010-11-18. http://www.breakbulk.com/traditional-power-generation/changheba-hydropower-approved. Retrieved 9 January 2011. 
2. ^ "China’s largest Hydropower installed Capacity Dams". Chinese National Committee on Large Dams. http://www.chincold.org.cn/dams/DamInformation/damsinchina/webinfo/2010/07/1279253973951869.htm. Retrieved 9 January 2011. 
3. ^ "WORLD BRIEFING | ASIA; China: 4 Die as Landslide Destroys Dam Project". New York Times through Reuters. July 24, 2009. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9900E7DA1239F937A15754C0A96F9C8B63. Retrieved 9 January 2011.