Ludila Dam

Ludila Dam
The dam in June 2017
Location of Ludila Dam in China
Country	China
Coordinates	26°12′5.20″N 100°48′59.25″E
Status	Operational
Construction began	2007
Opening date	2013
Owner(s)	Huadian Power
Dam and spillways
Impounds	Jinsha River
Height	120 m (394 ft)
Reservoir
Total capacity	1,718,000,000 m^3 (1,392,805 acre⋅ft)^[citation needed]
Power Station
Commission date	2013-
Turbines	6 x 360 MW Francis-type
Installed capacity	2,160 MW

The Ludila Dam(鲁地拉水电站 in Chinese) is a gravity dam on the Jinsha River near Lijiang in Yunnan province, China. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and it will support a 2,160 MW power station.[1] Construction on the dam began in 2007 and was briefly halted in June 2009 by the Ministry of Environmental Protection after it was being constructed without approval.[2] On 13 June 2013 the dam's first generator became operational.[3] In May 2014 reports surfaced that the dam and been damaged or was structurally unsound, forcing engineers to draw down the reservoir level and leaving the power station inoperable.[4][5] An estimated 16,900 people were relocated after its construction.[6]

See also

• List of power stations in China

References

1. "Tianjin Alstom Hydro Co., Ltd". Alstom. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
2. "Ministry suspends key projects". China.org. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
3. "Cloud Nanlu hydropower gate was suddenly pulled away a total investment of 21.9 billion" (in Chinese). Sohu. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
4. "Crippled HK$27 billion Jinsha River hydro plant badly built, says official". South China Morning Post. 27 May 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
5. "Yunnan dam structurally unsound, repairs in limbo". Go Kunming. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
6. "Jinsha River Dams". International Rivers. Retrieved 9 January 2011.