Xiluodu Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Jinsha River, the upper course of the Yangtze, on the border of Yunnan and Sichuan provinces in China, operated by China Yangtze Power. Its first generator was commissioned in July 2013 and the last in June 2014, giving the plant 18 Francis turbines and an installed capacity of about 13,860 megawatts, making it the fourth largest power station in the world by capacity. At 285.5 meters high it is among the tallest arch dams ever built, the third tallest of its kind, and it impounds a reservoir of about 12.7 billion cubic meters.
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Facility TypeDouble-curvature concrete arch dam 1 LocationXiluodu Town, Yongshan County, Yunnan / Leibo County, Sichuan, China 1 Capacity (MW) Commissioned YearThe infobox opening date is July 2013, when the first generating units entered service; the last of the station's 18 units was commissioned in 2014. Connections
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Hydroelectric dam on the Jinsha River, Yunnan-Sichuan border, China, one of the largest hydroelectric facilities in the world by capacity.
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arch dam on the Jinsha River
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Double-curvature arch, concrete
Wikipedia article infobox, location field
Xiluodu Town, Yongshan County, Yunnan/Leibo County Sichuan, China
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13,860 MW
Wikipedia article infobox, opening field
July 2013
Operating status, entity description
operated by China Yangtze Power. Its first generator was commissioned in July 2013 and the last in June 2014, giving the plant 18 Francis turbines and an installed capacity of about 13,860 megawatts, making it the fourth largest power station in the world by capacity.
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