Ludila Dam
| Ludila Dam | |
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 Reservoir Area of Ludila Hydropower Station | |
  Location of Ludila Dam in China | |
| Country | China |
| Status | Under repair |
| Construction began | 2007 |
| Opening date | 2013 |
| Owner(s) | Huadian Power |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Impounds | Jinsha River |
| Height | 120 m (394 ft) |
| Reservoir | |
| Total capacity | 1,718,000,000 m3 (1,392,805 acre⋅ft)[1] |
| Power Station | |
| Commission date | 2013- |
| Turbines | 6 x 360 MW Francis-type |
| Installed capacity | 2,160 MW |
The Ludila Dam is a gravity dam on the Jinsha River near Lijiang in Yunnan province, China. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and it will support a 2,160 MW power station.[2] Construction on the dam began in 2007 and was briefly halted in June 2009 by the Ministry of Environmental Protection after it was being constructed without approval.[3] On 13 June 2013 the dam's first generator became operational.[4] In May 2014 reports surfaced that the dam and been damaged or was structurally unsound, forcing engineers to draw down the reservoir level and leaving the power station inoperable.[5][6] An estimated 16,900 people will be relocated after its construction.[7]
See also
References
- ^ "Ludila Power Station". Baidu. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
- ^ "Tianjin Alstom Hydro Co., Ltd". Alstom. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
- ^ "Ministry suspends key projects". China.org. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
- ^ "Cloud Nanlu hydropower gate was suddenly pulled away a total investment of 21.9 billion" (in Chinese). Sohu. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
- ^ "Crippled HK$27 billion Jinsha River hydro plant badly built, says official". South China Morning Post. 27 May 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
- ^ "Yunnan dam structurally unsound, repairs in limbo". Go Kunming. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
- ^ "Jinsha River Dams". International Rivers. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
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