Liyuan Dam

Dam in Border of Yulong County and Shangri-La County, Yunnan Province

Liyuan Dam

Location of Liyuan Dam in China

Location| Border of Yulong County and Shangri-La County, Yunnan Province
Coordinates| 27°40′35″N 100°17′31″E﻿ / ﻿27.67639°N 100.29194°E﻿ / 27.67639; 100.29194
Construction began| 2008
Opening date| 2014
Construction cost| 16.2 billion RMB ($2.4 billion USD)
Dam and spillways
Impounds| Jinsha River
Height| 155 m (509 ft)
Reservoir
Creates| Liyuan Reservoir
Total capacity| 727,000,000 m3 (589,388 acre⋅ft)
Catchment area| 220,000 km2 (84,942 sq mi)
Surface area| 14.73 km2 (6 sq mi)
Power Station
Commission date| 2014-2015
Type| Conventional
Turbines| 4 x 600 MW
Installed capacity| 2,400 MW

The Liyuan Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Jinsha River on the border of Yulong County and Shangri-La County, Yunnan Province, China. The dam has an associated hydroelectric power station with a 2,400 MW power station containing 4 x 600 MW generators. Construction on the river diversion for the dam began in 2008.[1][2] It began to impound its reservoir in November 2014 and on December 28, 2014 the first generator was commissioned.[3][4] The second generator was commissioned in July 2015.[5]

The 155 m (509 ft) dam withholds a reservoir of 727,000,000 m3 (589,388 acre⋅ft), of which 209,000,000 m3 (169,439 acre⋅ft) is active or "useful" storage. The normal reservoir level is 1,618 m (5,308 ft) above sea level with a minimum of 1,602 m (5,256 ft). The catchment area for the reservoir in the upstream basin is 220,000 km2 (84,942 sq mi) while the reservoir surface area is 14.73 km2 (6 sq mi).

## See also[edit]

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## References[edit]

1. ^ "Liyuan Hydropower Project in Yunnan Province Alstom obtained the contract - Alstom - Electrical Industry". FrBiz. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
2. ^ "Jinsha River Dams". International Rivers. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
3. ^ "Liyuan hydropower impoundment under a success" (in Chinese). Northwest China Hydropower Survey and Design Institute Advisory Group. 17 November 2014. Archived from the original on 7 January 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
4. ^ "Liyuan Hydropower Design Institute, the first unit of supervision success and power generation" (in Chinese). Yangtze River Water Resources Network. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
5. ^ (in Chinese). London. Hanfeng. 10 July 2015 http://www.kaixian.tv/gd/2015/0710/795389.html. Retrieved 21 July 2015. `{{cite news}}`: Missing or empty `|title=` (help)[permanent dead link]

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