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Yangqu Dam

Coordinates: 35°42′4″N 100°16′8″E / 35.70111°N 100.26889°E / 35.70111; 100.26889
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Yangqu Dam
Yangqu Dam is located in China
Yangqu Dam
Location of Yangqu Dam in China
CountryChina
LocationXinghai County, Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province
Coordinates35°42′4″N 100°16′8″E / 35.70111°N 100.26889°E / 35.70111; 100.26889
PurposePower
StatusOperational
Construction began2010
Opening date2016
Dam and spillways
Type of damEmbankment, concrete-face rock-fill
ImpoundsYellow River
Height150 m (490 ft)
Reservoir
Total capacity1,472,000,000 m3 (1,193,000 acre⋅ft)
Commission date2016 (est.)
TypeConventional
Turbines3 x 400 MW Francis-type
Installed capacity1,200 MW

The Yanqu Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Yellow River in Xinghai County, Qinghai Province, China.[1] Construction on the dam began in 2010 and its 1,200 MW hydroelectric power station became operational in 2016. It is located upstream of the Longyangxia Dam.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ "'An army of robots' and zero human workers will build a dam in China". South China Morning Post. 2022-05-08. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
  2. ^ "Yellow River Hydropower Project started in early sheep song" (in Chinese). Cn Hydro. 8 June 2010. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2014.