Yinpan Dam

Yinpan Dam
Location of Yinpan Dam in China
Country China
Location Wulong County, Chongqing
Coordinates 29°16′23.34″N 107°53′17.03″E / 29.2731500°N 107.8880639°E / 29.2731500; 107.8880639Coordinates: 29°16′23.34″N 107°53′17.03″E / 29.2731500°N 107.8880639°E / 29.2731500; 107.8880639
Purpose Power, navigation
Construction began 2005
Opening date 2011 (2011)
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Gravity
Impounds Wu River
Height 78.5 m (258 ft)
Reservoir
Total capacity 320,000,000 m3 (260,000 acre·ft)
Catchment area 74,910 km2 (28,920 sq mi)
Power station
Commission date 2011
Type Conventional
Turbines 4 x 150 MW Kaplan-type
Installed capacity 600 MW

The Yinpan Dam is a gravity dam on the Wu River in Wulong County of Chongqing Municipality, China. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power production and navigation. It supports a 500-ton ship lift and a 600 MW power station. Construction on the project began in 2005 and it was completed in 2011 with the first generator commissioned in May of the same year, the fourth in December.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. "Silver hydropower (银盘水电站)" (in Chinese). SinoHydro. 15 January 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  2. "Silver Station Unit 2 put into operation in July to ease the tight supply Yu (Figure)" (in Chinese). CQ News. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
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