Official name 乌东德坝 Height 240 m Opening date 2020 (est.) | Type of dam Gravity Installed capacity 10,200 MW Construction began 2014 Commission date 2018-2020 (est.) | |
 | ||
Total capacity 4,000,000,000 m (3,200,000 acre·ft) Turbines 12 × 850 MW Francis-type Similar Baihetan Dam, Xiluodu Dam, Xiangjiaba Dam, Gezhouba Dam, Jinping‑I Dam | ||
The Wudongde Dam (simplified Chinese: 乌东德坝; traditional Chinese: 烏東德壩; pinyin: Wūdōngdé Bà) is a large hydroelectric dam currently under construction on the Jinsha River, a tributary of the Yangtze River in Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, southwest China. The design is one of the tallest in the world at 240 m (787 ft), and will generate power by utilizing 12 turbines, each with a generating capacity of 850 MW, totalling the generating capacity to 10,200 MW. Construction began in 2014, the first generator is scheduled to be commissioned in 2018 and the entire project completed in 2020.
References
Wudongde Dam Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA