Madushan Dam
Madushan Dam is located in China
Madushan Dam
Location of Madushan Dam in China
Official name红河马堵山水电站 (Honghe Madushan shuidianzhan)
CountryChina
LocationGejiu City and Jinping County, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province
Coordinates23°2′45.52″N 103°17′4.79″E / 23.0459778°N 103.2846639°E / 23.0459778; 103.2846639
PurposePower
StatusOperational
Construction began2007
Opening date2011 (2011)
Dam and spillways
Type of damGravity
ImpoundsHonghe (Red) River
Height105.5 m (346 ft)
Reservoir
Total capacity551,000,000 m3 (446,703 acre⋅ft)
Surface area19.2 km2 (7.4 sq mi)
Madushan Hydropower Plant
Commission date2011
TypeConventional
Turbines3 x 100 MW Francis-type
Installed capacity300 MW

The Madushan Dam is a gravity dam on the Honghe (Red) River in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province.

The name of the dam comes from the nearby village of Madushan, located on the left bank of the river upstream from the dam. Madushan village is administratively under Manhao Town (which itself located a few kilometers downstream of the dam) of Gejiu City of Honghe Prefecture; the opposite, right bank of the river is in Jinping Miao, Yao, and Dai Autonomous County of the same Honghe Prefecture.

The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power production and it supports a 300 MW power station.[1] Construction on the dam began in 2007 and its generators were commissioned in 2011.[2][3]

See also

The generating station

References

  1. "Ma Shan blocking three hydropower units and power generation (马堵山水电站三台机组并网发电)" (in Chinese). Yunnan Daily. 30 July 2011. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  2. "Hydroelectric Power Plants in China - Yunnan". IndustCards. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  3. "Madushan Hydropower Project on Honghe River in Yunnan Province, China" (PDF). United Nations CDM. 28 July 2006. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
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