Xiangjiaba Dam
| Xiangjiaba Dam | |
|---|---|
  Location of Xiangjiaba Dam in China | |
| Official name | 向家坝 |
| Location | Yunnan |
| Coordinates | 28°38′48″N 104°23′33″E / 28.64667°N 104.39250°ECoordinates: 28°38′48″N 104°23′33″E / 28.64667°N 104.39250°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | November 26, 2006 |
| Opening date | 2012 |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | Gravity |
| Impounds | Jinsha River |
| Height | 161 metres (528 ft) |
| Length | 909 metres (2,982 ft) |
| Reservoir | |
| Total capacity | 5,163,000,000 m3 (4,185,712 acre·ft) |
| Catchment area | 458,800 km2 (177,144 sq mi) |
| Surface area | 95.6 km2 (37 sq mi)[1] |
| Power station | |
| Operator(s) | China Yangtze Power |
| Commission date | 2012-2014 |
| Turbines | 4 × 812 MW, 4 × 800 MW MW Francis-type |
| Installed capacity | 6,448 MW |
| Annual generation | 30.7 TWh (2015) |
The Xiangjiaba Dam (simplified Chinese: 向家坝; traditional Chinese: 向家壩; pinyin: Xiàngjiābà) is a large gravity dam on the Jinsha River, a tributary of the Yangtze River in Yunnan Province and Sichuan Province, southwest China. The facility has eight Francis turbines, four with a capacity of 412 MW and four rated at 800 MW, totalling an installed capacity of 6,448 MW. Xiangjiaba Dam is China's third-biggest hydropower station following Three Gorges Dam and Xiluodu Dam. Construction started on November 26, 2006, and its first generator was commissioned in October 2012.[2] The last generator was commissioned on July 9, 2014.[3]
The output of the generating station is connected to a ±800 kV HVDC link, the Xiangjiaba–Shanghai HVDC system, which transmits much of the power to Shanghai.
See also
References
- ↑ "About Xiangjiaba Hydropower" (in Chinese). Shuifu Development and Reform Bureau. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
- ↑ "October impoundment acceptance of the Xiangjiaba Hydropower Station was officially launched" (in Chinese). International Power Grid. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ↑ "Xiangjiaba, Xiluodu hydropower generating units put into the equivalent of a Three Gorges Power Station" (in Chinese). People's Daily Online. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.