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