Huangdeng Dam

Dam in Yunnan Province

26°33′33″N 99°06′56″E / 26.55917°N 99.11556°E / 26.55917; 99.11556PurposePower, irrigation, recreationStatusOperationalConstruction beganJanuary 2010Opening dateJune 2019Owner(s)Yunnan Huaneng Lancang River Hydropower Co., Ltd.Dam and spillwaysImpoundsLancang (upper Mekong)Height (thalweg)203 mLength464 mDam volume3,678,000 m3ReservoirTotal capacity1,613,000,000 m3Power StationCommission date2019Installed capacity1,900 MW

The Huangdeng Dam is a gravity dam recently completed on the Lancang (Mekong) River in Lanping Bai and Pumi Autonomous County of Yunnan Province, China. The fact that work on the dam was begun without formal approval from the central government was a subject of some controversy.^[1]

Construction on the dam began in 2010 and its 1,900 MW hydroelectric power station was initially planned to be operational in 2016, with the entire project complete in 2018.^[2]^[3] The first unit was put into operation in July 2018^[4] and the dam was fully commissioned in January 2019.^[5]

References

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^ "Huang Teng Hydropower Project in Yunnan Province in mid-November closure (云南黄登水电站工程计划于11月中旬截流)" (in Chinese). Polaris Power Network News. 30 September 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
^ "Testing the waters: Hydropower engineers pioneer fish lift in China | WLE Mekong". Archived from the original on 2018-08-12. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
^ "The First Unit of Huang Deng Hydropower Plant Generated Power". Kunming Engineering Corporation Limited. Retrieved 6 January 2020.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "8th International Symposium on RCC dams". Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2020.