Baihetan Dam

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Baihetan Dam is a major Chinese hydroelectric gravity dam on the Jinsha (upper Yangtze) River, known as one of the world’s largest hydropower projects by installed capacity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf arch-gravity dam ⓘ
gravity dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
hydropower project ⓘ
basinCountry China ⓘ
constructionMethod roller-compacted concrete ⓘ
constructionStartDate 2010 ⓘ
country China ⓘ
crosses Jinsha River ⓘ
damHeight about 289 m ⓘ
damLength about 709 m ⓘ
damType concrete gravity dam ⓘ
designedBy Chinese design institutes ⓘ
downstreamFrom Wudongde Dam ⓘ
energySource hydropower ⓘ
firstGeneratorCommissioned 2021 ⓘ
fullyCommissioned 2022 ⓘ
gridConnection China Southern Power Grid ⓘ
State Grid Corporation of China ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
installedCapacity 16000 MW ⓘ
locatedIn China ⓘ
Sichuan Province ⓘ
Yunnan Province ⓘ
locatedNear Ningnan County ⓘ
Qiaojia County ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Jinsha River ⓘ
upper Yangtze River ⓘ
notableFeature one of the world’s largest hydropower projects by installed capacity ⓘ
uses large 1000 MW-class hydro turbines ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 16 ⓘ
operator China Three Gorges Corporation ⓘ
owner China Three Gorges Corporation ⓘ
partOf Yangtze River hydropower cascade ⓘ
projectType large-scale infrastructure project ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
navigation improvement ⓘ
power generation ⓘ
water regulation ⓘ
rankByInstalledCapacity among the largest hydropower stations in the world ⓘ
region southwest China ⓘ
linked to: Southwest China
reservoirName Baihetan Reservoir ⓘ
riverSystem Yangtze River basin ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
turbineCapacity 1000 MW ⓘ
turbineType Francis turbine ⓘ
upstreamFrom Xiluodu Dam ⓘ

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China Three Gorges Corporation → notableProject → Baihetan Hydropower Station (participation) ⓘ
linked to: Baihetan Dam
Jinsha River → hasHydropowerStation → Baihetan Dam ⓘ