Official name 构皮滩大坝 Status Operational Impounds Wu River Opened June 2009 Construction cost 13.84 billion JPY Impound Wu River | Location Guizhou, China Opening date 2009 Height 232 m Catchment area 43,250 km² Construction began November 2003 | |
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Type of dam Double-curvature arch dam Similar Laxiwa Dam, Shuangjiangkou Dam, Ludila Dam, Jinping‑I Dam | ||
The Goupitan Dam (simplified Chinese: 构皮滩大坝; traditional Chinese: 構皮灘大壩; pinyin: Gòupítān Dàbà) is an arch dam on the Wu River, a tributary of the Yangtze River in Guizhou Province, southwest of China. The dam's hydroelectric facility will operate on five turbines, each with a hydroelectric generating capacity of 600 MW, for a total of 3,000 MW. Constructions began on in 2003 and the first generator was operational in June 2009. All works were completed in 2011.
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