Madushan Dam

Madushan Dam
Location of Madushan Dam in China
Official name	红河马堵山水电站 (Honghe Madushan shuidianzhan)
Country	China
Location	Gejiu City and Jinping County, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province
Coordinates	23°2′45.52″N 103°17′4.79″E
Purpose	Power
Status	Operational
Construction began	2007
Opening date	2011; 14 years ago (2011)
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Gravity
Impounds	Honghe (Red) River
Height	105.5 m (346 ft)
Reservoir
Total capacity	551,000,000 m^3 (446,703 acre⋅ft)
Surface area	19.2 km^2 (7.4 sq mi)
Madushan Hydropower Plant
Commission date	2011
Type	Conventional
Turbines	3 x 100 MW Francis-type
Installed capacity	300 MW

The Madushan Dam is a gravity dam on the Honghe (Red) River in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province.

The name of the dam comes from the nearby village of Madushan, located on the left bank of the river upstream from the dam. Madushan village is administratively under Manhao Town (which itself located a few kilometers downstream of the dam) of Gejiu City of Honghe Prefecture; the opposite, right bank of the river is in Jinping Miao, Yao, and Dai Autonomous County of the same Honghe Prefecture.

The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power production and it supports a 300 MW power station.[1] Construction on the dam began in 2007 and its generators were commissioned in 2011.[2][3]

See also

The generating station

• List of dams and reservoirs in China
• List of tallest dams in China

References

1. "Ma Shan blocking three hydropower units and power generation (马堵山水电站三台机组并网发电)" (in Chinese). Yunnan Daily. 30 July 2011. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
2. "Hydroelectric Power Plants in China - Yunnan". IndustCards. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
3. "Madushan Hydropower Project on Honghe River in Yunnan Province, China" (PDF). United Nations CDM. 28 July 2006. Retrieved 7 July 2014.^[permanent dead link‍]