Changheba Dam

The Changheba Dam (simplified Chinese: 长河坝水电站; traditional Chinese: 長河壩水電站) is a concrete rock-filled embankment dam on the Dadu River near Kangding in Sichuan Province, China. Initial construction on the dam began in 2006, before it was officially approved in December 2010 and impounded in 2016. Its power station was fully operational in December 2017.[1][2][3] In July 2009, a landslide at the construction site killed four people while causing damage and temporarily blocking the river.[4]

Changheba Dam
Location of Changheba Dam in Sichuan
Country	China
Location	Kangding, Sichuan
Coordinates	30°24′13″N 102°07′07″E
Status	Operational
Construction began	2006
Opening date	2017
Construction cost	$3.46 billion USD
Owner(s)	Sichuan Datang International Ganzi Hydropower Development Company
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Embankment, concrete face rock-fill
Impounds	Dadu River
Height	240 m (787 ft)
Length	1,697 m (5,568 ft)
Reservoir
Creates	Changheba Reservoir
Total capacity	1,075,000,000 m^3 (871,517 acre⋅ft)
Power Station
Commission date	2016-2017
Turbines	4 x 650 MW Francis turbines
Installed capacity	2,600 MW

See also

• List of power stations in China
• List of dams and reservoirs in China

References

1. "Changheba Hydropower Approved". Breakbulk. 2010-11-18. Archived from the original on 2012-03-06. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
2. "China's largest Hydropower installed Capacity Dams". Chinese National Committee on Large Dams. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
3. "Changheba hydropower station all put into operation" (in Chinese). Power China. 4 December 2017. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
4. "WORLD BRIEFING | ASIA; China: 4 Die as Landslide Destroys Dam Project". New York Times through Reuters. July 24, 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2011.