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Yinpan Dam

Coordinates: 29°16′23.34″N 107°53′17.03″E / 29.2731500°N 107.8880639°E / 29.2731500; 107.8880639
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Yinpan Dam
Yinpan Dam is located in China
Yinpan Dam
Location of Yinpan Dam in China
CountryChina
LocationWulong County, Chongqing
Coordinates29°16′23.34″N 107°53′17.03″E / 29.2731500°N 107.8880639°E / 29.2731500; 107.8880639
PurposePower, navigation
Construction began2005
Opening date2011; 13 years ago (2011)
Dam and spillways
Type of damGravity
ImpoundsWu River
Height78.5 m (258 ft)
Reservoir
Total capacity320,000,000 m3 (260,000 acre⋅ft)
Catchment area74,910 km2 (28,920 sq mi)
Commission date2011
TypeConventional
Turbines4 x 150 MW Kaplan-type
Installed capacity600 MW

The Yinpan Dam is a gravity dam on the Wu River in Wulong County of Chongqing Municipality, China. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power production and navigation. It supports a 500-ton ship lift and a 600 MW power station. Construction on the project began in 2005 and it was completed in 2011 with the first generator commissioned in May of the same year, the fourth in December.[1][2]

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  1. ^ "Silver hydropower (银盘水电站)" (in Chinese). SinoHydro. 15 January 2011. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Silver Station Unit 2 put into operation in July to ease the tight supply Yu (Figure)" (in Chinese). CQ News. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.