Changheba Dam

Dam in Kangding, Sichuan

30°24′13″N 102°07′07″E / 30.40361°N 102.11861°E / 30.40361; 102.11861StatusOperationalConstruction began2006Opening date2017Construction cost$3.46 billion USDOwner(s)Sichuan Datang International Ganzi Hydropower Development CompanyDam and spillwaysType of damEmbankment, concrete face rock-fillImpoundsDadu RiverHeight240 m (787 ft)Length1,697 m (5,568 ft)ReservoirCreatesChangheba ReservoirTotal capacity1,075,000,000 m³ (871,517 acre⋅ft)Power StationCommission date2016-2017Turbines4 x 650 MW Francis turbinesInstalled capacity2,600 MW

The Changheba Dam (simplified Chinese: 长河坝水电站; traditional Chinese: 長河壩水電站) is a concrete rock-filled embankment dam on the Dadu River near Kangding in Sichuan Province, China. Initial construction on the dam began in 2006, before it was officially approved in December 2010 and impounded in 2016. Its power station was fully operational in December 2017.^[1]^[2]^[3] In July 2009, a landslide at the construction site killed four people while causing damage and temporarily blocking the river.^[4]

References

^ "Changheba Hydropower Approved". Breakbulk. 2010-11-18. Archived from the original on 2012-03-06. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
^ "China's largest Hydropower installed Capacity Dams". Chinese National Committee on Large Dams. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
^ "Changheba hydropower station all put into operation" (in Simplified Chinese). Power China. 4 December 2017. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
^ "WORLD BRIEFING | ASIA; China: 4 Die as Landslide Destroys Dam Project". New York Times through Reuters. July 24, 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2011.