The Bashan Dam ( Chinese 巴山水电站 , Pinyin Bashan shuǐdiànzhàn - "Bashan Hydropower Station") is a dam on the river Renhe ( 任河 ) in the greater community of Bashan in circles Chengkou the centrally-administered city of Chongqing in China, 15 kilometers northwest of the seat of the district administration . The main purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation ; it has a 140 MW hydropower plant with two 70 MW Pelton turbines and generators.
The dam is a CFR dam with a height of 155 m; it builds up a reservoir with a capacity of 315 million m³. The barrier structure stands in front of a bend in the river and diverts the water through a 2,181 m long service water tunnel that leads to the power plant. Construction began in 2005, the river was diverted in 2006 and the generators were operational in 2009. 449 GWh of energy can be produced per year .
