Jishixia_Hydro_Power_Station

Jishixia Dam

Jishixia Dam

Dam

The Jishixia Dam is a concrete face rock-fill embankment dam on the Yellow River in Qinghai Province, China. It is 101 m (331 ft) tall and downstream from the Gongboxia Dam. The purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and flood control. The dam supports a power station with 3 x 340 MW Francis turbines for a total installed capacity of 1,020 MW. Construction on the dam began in 2005 and the river was diverted in March 2007. The first generator was operational in mid-2010 and the rest by the end of the year.[2][3]

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    "Hydroelectric Power Plants in China - Qinghai". IndustCards. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
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    "Yellow River Hydropower Project Jishixia progressing smoothly - hydropower - water industries". FrBiz. 2010-04-01. Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
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