Nuozhadu Dam
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Nuozhadu Dam (simplified Chinese: 糯扎渡大坝; traditional Chinese: 糯扎渡大壩; pinyin: Nuòzhādù Dàbà) is an under construction embankment dam on the Lancang (Mekong) River in Yunnan Province, southwest China.
It has 9 generators, each with generating capacity of 650 MW. The total generating capacity of the project is 5,850 MW.
The dam is an earth core rockfill embankment dam. Its height is 261.5 m. Reservoir capacity is 21749 million cubic meters, normal water storage level is 812 m asl.
Huaneng Power International Ltd. is the company which manages it. Construction started in 2006 and is scheduled for completion in 2017.
References
- Zhang Zhonglan and Yuan Youren: Slope stability study and section optimization of Nuozhadu’s earth core rockfill dam, New Developments in Dam Engineering. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Dam Engineering, 18-20 October 2004, Nanjing, China
- Nuozhadu Hydropower Project - Excavation of the Underground Powerhouse Complex
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