Wudongde Dam

Wudongde
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Location: County Huidong ( Sichuan ) and county Luquan ( Yunnan ), China Tributaries: Jinsha Jiang Drain: Jinsha Jiang
China
Coordinates	26 ° 19 '33 "  N , 102 ° 37' 57"  E Coordinates: 26 ° 19 '33 "  N , 102 ° 37' 57"  E
Data on the structure
Lock type:	Gravity dam
Construction time:	2009–2020 (planned)
Height of the barrier structure :	240 m
Power plant output:	8th 700  MW
Operator:	China Yangtze Three Gorges Project Development Corporation
Data on the reservoir
Altitude (at congestion destination )	950 m
Storage space	4 billion m³
Elevation profile of dams at Jinsha Jiang

The Wudongde hydropower plant ( Chinese  烏 東德 水電站  /  乌 东德 水电站 , Pinyin Wūdōngdé Shuǐdiànzhàn ) is a gigantic hydropower plant built by the China Three Gorges Corporation on the lower Jinsha Jiang , the upper reaches of the Yangtze River , on the border between the Sichuan provinces (district Huidong ) and Yunnan ( Luquan County ) in southwest China . The dam will be in the section between Luchelin 陆 车 林 and Wudongde 乌 东德. Work on Baihetan and Wudongde is expected to begin in 2009 and be completed in 2020.

A cavern power plant with 5 machines each will be built on each side of the river , which together will have an installed capacity of 8,700  MW . The annual production of the power plant will be an estimated 39 billion  kWh .

See also

• List of hydropower plants in China
• List of dams in China

Web links

• 樊启祥 考察 金沙江 乌 东德 水电站 坝址 和 对外 交通 ， 要求 把 工程 前期 工作 做 深 做细 (Chinese)
• Hydropower Stations Dot Yangtze River (English)
• Wudongde Mega Hydropower Station Project Will Be Launched (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Wudongde Hydropower Project. China International Water & Electric Corp., archived from the original on July 14, 2014 ; accessed on October 31, 2017 (English).  
2. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: ceps.com.tw (Chinese)
3. ↑ http://www.china.org.cn/english/news/190253.htm (English)