Guandi Dam

Guandi Dam
Location of Guandi Dam in China
Location	Sichuan Province
Coordinates
Status	Under construction
Construction began	2010
Opening date	2012
Owner(s)	Ertan Hydropower Development Company
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Gravity, roller-compacted concrete
Impounds	Yalong River
Height	168 metres (551 ft)
Elevation at crest	1,334 metres (4,377 ft)
Reservoir
Creates	Guandi Reservoir
Total capacity	760,000,000 cubic metres (616,142 acre⋅ft)
Normal elevation	1,330 metres (4,364 ft)
Power station
Commission date	2012-2013
Turbines	4 x 600 MW
Installed capacity	2,400 MW

The Guandi Dam (simplified Chinese: 官地大坝; traditional Chinese: 官地大壩; pinyin: Guāndì Dàbà) is a gravity dam on the Yalong River, a tributary of the Yangtze River in Sichuan Province Southwest of China. It supplies water to four hydroelectric generators, each with generating capacity of 600 MW. The total generating capacity of the project is 2,400 MW. Construction started on October 20, 2010 with a ground-breaking ceremony. On February 9, 2012 the dam began to impound the reservoir and the last of the four generators were commissioned on 28 March 2013.

See also

• List of power stations in China