Tankeng Dam

Tankeng Dam
Location of Tankeng Dam in China
Country China
Location Qingtian
Coordinates 28°07′05″N 120°02′04″E / 28.11806°N 120.03444°E / 28.11806; 120.03444Coordinates: 28°07′05″N 120°02′04″E / 28.11806°N 120.03444°E / 28.11806; 120.03444
Status Operational
Construction began 2003
Opening date 2008
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Embankment, concrete-face rock-fill
Impounds Ou River
Height 162 m (531 ft)
Length 507 m (1,663 ft)
Reservoir
Total capacity 4,190,000,000 m3 (3,396,888 acre·ft)
Surface area 70.93 km2 (27 sq mi)
Power station
Commission date 2008-2009
Turbines 3 x 200 MW Francis-type
Installed capacity 600 MW

The Tankeng Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill embankment dam on the Ou River located 24 km (15 mi) west of Qingtian, Zhejiang Province, China. The main purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation but it also provides for flood control, irrigation, and tourism. The 162 m (531 ft) tall dam creates a reservoir with a maximum capacity of 4,190,000,000 m3 (3,396,888 acre·ft). The power station contains 3 x 200 MW Francis turbine-generators for a total installed capacity of 600 MW. The dam was planned beginning in the early 1980s and approved in May 2003. Construction on the dam began that same year and in April 2008, the dam began to impound the river. On 15 August 2008, the first generator became operational, the second on 12 January 2009 and the third on 10 July 2009.[1][2][3]

During construction, ten towns and eighty villages were submerged and over fifty thousand people were relocated.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Tankeng power plant" (in Chinese). Baidu. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
  2. ↑ "China's highest CFRDs". Chinese National Committee on Large Dams. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
  3. ↑ "All Generation Units in Tankeng Hydropower Station Are in Commercial Operation". Sinohydro Corporation. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
  4. ↑ Hessler, Peter (2011). Country Driving: A Chinese Road Trip. Canongate Books Ltd. p. 473. ISBN 1847674372.
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