Wanjiazhai Dam

Coordinates: 39°34′42″N 111°25′42″E / 39.57833°N 111.42833°E / 39.57833; 111.42833
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Wanjiazhai Dam
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The Wanjiazhai Dam is a

hydroelectric
power generation. Construction on the dam began in 1994, the first generator went online in 1998 and the last in 2000.

Construction

The State Planning Commission approved construction of the dam in 1993. At the end of 1994, construction on the dam began and by December 1995, the river was diverted around the construction site. On October 1, 1998, the dam began to impound the reservoir and the first generator went online on November 28, 1998. Two more generators went online in 1999 and the final three in 2000.[1]

Dam design

The dam is a 105 m (344 ft) tall and 443 m (1,453 ft) long concrete gravity dam that withholds a reservoir with 896,000,000 m3 (726,399 

Francis Turbine-generators for an installed capacity of 1,080 MW.[2]

Wanjiazhai Water Control Project

Also known as the Wanjiazhai Water Transfer Project or Shanxi Wanjiazhai Yellow River Diversion Project, it is designed to alleviate water shortages in

Fenhe River and then the Fenhe Reservoir 38°04′01″N 111°53′48″E / 38.06694°N 111.89667°E / 38.06694; 111.89667 (Fenhe Reservoir) near Taiyuan. The South Main is intended to deliver 640,000,000 m3 (518,856 acre⋅ft) of water a year. The North Main, beginning at Xiatuzhai, travels northward for a distance of 167 km (104 mi) at a rate of 22.2 m3/s (784 cu ft/s), being assisted during its route by the Daliang Reservoir and pump station. The North Main terminates at the Zhaojiaxiaocun Reservoir near Datong.[4]

Contracts for the water control project were awarded in 2001 and by the end of the year, the first step was complete when Yellow River water flowed into the Fehne Reservoir. The entire cost of the project is $1.5 billion, $500 million is being funded by the World Bank.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Hydroelectric Power Plants in China - other provinces". IndustCards. Archived from the original on September 7, 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  2. ^ "Wanjiazhai Water Control Project". China Internet Information Center. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
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  4. ^ "Wanjiazhai Yellow River Diversion Project" (PDF). Liquis. pp. 1–3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  5. ^ "Shanxi Wanjiazhai Yellow River Diversion Project, China". Water-Technology. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
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