Pubugou Dam

Dam

29°13′30″N 102°49′52″E / 29.22500°N 102.83111°E / 29.22500; 102.83111StatusIn useConstruction began2004-03-30Opening date2010Dam and spillwaysType of damEmbankment, concrete face rock-fillImpoundsDadu RiverHeight186 m (610 ft)ReservoirCreatesPubugou ReservoirTotal capacity5,390,000,000 m³ (4,369,744 acre⋅ft)Power StationCommission date2009-2010Turbines6 x 550 MWInstalled capacity3,300 MW

The Pubugou Dam (simplified Chinese: 瀑布沟大坝; traditional Chinese: 瀑布溝大壩; pinyin: Pùbùgōu Dàbà) is a concrete face rock-fill embankment dam on the Dadu River, a tributary of the Yangtze River in Sichuan Province. The main purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and its total generating capacity is 3,300 MW.

Construction started on March 30, 2004, the first generator was put into operation in December 2009 and the rest by March 2010.^[1] In 2004, the construction site was overrun by tens of thousands of protesters, though the only eventual result was the delay of construction by one year. The protests were about evictions stemming from planned flooding.^[2]

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^ "State Power Dadu River Falls Hydropower Station Unit 4 put into power generation" (in Chinese). China Guodian. April 2, 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
^ "China 'executes dam protester'". BBC. 7 December 2006. Retrieved 9 January 2011.