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Dongping Dam

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Official name
  
洞坪电站

Status
  
Operational

Height
  
135 m

Construction began
  
2000

Country
  
China

Opening date
  
2006

Surface area
  
8.12 km²

Dongping Dam

Location
  
Wanjia Township, Xuan'en County

Owner(s)
  
Hubei Xuan’en Dongping Hydropower Co., Ltd

The Dongping Dam is an arch dam on the Zhongjian River (忠建河), a right tributary of the Qing River, in Xuan'en County, Hubei Province, China. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and it supports a 110 MW power station consisting of two 55 MW Francis turbine-generators. The 135 m (443 ft) tall arch dam withholds a reservoir of 336,000,000 m3 (272,000 acre·ft). Construction began in 2000, the first generator was operational in 2005 and the project complete in 2006.

References

Dongping Dam Wikipedia