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Yonki Dam

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Opening date
  
1991

Creates
  
Yonki Reservoir

Height
  
60 m

Owner
  
PNG Power

Construction began
  
1986

Type of dam
  
Embankment

Operator(s)
  
PNG Power

Opened
  
1991

Construction cost
  
140 million USD

Location
  
Papua New Guinea

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Dam volume
  
1,900,000 m (67,000,000 cu ft)

Total capacity
  
335,000,000 m (1.18×10 cu ft)

Turbines
  
5 (Ramu 1) plus 2 under construction (Yonki Toe of Dam)

Yonki Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam over the Ramu River that supports the Ramu 1 hydroelectric power plant and the (under construction) Yonki Toe of Dam power plant.

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Map of Yonki Dam, Highlands Hwy, Papua New Guinea

Yonki Dam is located in the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea.

The Highlands Highway passes over the Yonki Dam embankment. The adjacent Yonki villages support the operation of the dam and power station.

Ramu 1

Ramu 1 Power Station is a 77-megawatt (103,000 hp) hydro electric power station located at the Ramu River in Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.

The power station consists of five units. Units 1, 2 and 3 are rated at 15 megawatts (20,000 hp), and units 4 and 5 are rated at 17 megawatts (23,000 hp). The power station is owned and operated by PNG Power.

References

Yonki Dam Wikipedia