Goupitan Dam

Goupitan Dam
Location of Goupitan Dam in China
Official name	构皮滩大坝
Location	Guizhou, China
Coordinates
Status	Operational
Construction began	November 2003
Opening date	2009
Construction cost	¥13.842 billion
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Double-curvature arch dam
Impounds	Wu River
Height	232.5 m (763 ft)
Length	557.11 m (1,828 ft)
Reservoir
Creates	Goupitan Reservoir
Total capacity	6,451,000,000 m3 (5,229,911 acre·ft)
Catchment area	43,250 km2 (16,699 sq mi)
Surface area	94.29 km2 (36 sq mi)
Power station
Commission date	2009
Turbines	5 × 600MW
Installed capacity	3,000 MW
Annual generation	9.667 TWh (est.)

The Goupitan Dam (simplified Chinese: 构皮滩大坝; traditional Chinese: 構皮灘大壩; pinyin: Gòupítān Dàbà) is an arch dam on the Wu River, a tributary of the Yangtze River in Guizhou Province, southwest of China. The dam's hydroelectric facility will operate on five turbines, each with a hydroelectric generating capacity of 600 MW, for a total of 3,000 MW. Constructions began on in 2003 and the first generator was operational in June 2009. All works were completed in 2011.

See also

• List of power stations in China