Baihetan Dam
The Baihetan Dam is a large hydroelectric dam under construction on the Jinsha River, an upper stretches of the Yangtze River in Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, in the southwest of China.
The dam is a 277 m tall double-curvature arch dam with a crest elevation of 827 m.
Its width will be 72 m at the base and 13 m at the crest.
The facility will generate power by utilizing 16 turbines, each with a generating capacity of, taking the generating capacity to. In terms of generating capacity, it will be the second largest hydroelectric power plant in the world, after the Three Gorges Dam. When finished, it will be the third largest dam in China and the fourth in the world, in terms of dam volume. Construction on the dam began in 2008 and is expected to be complete in 2021.
