The Jinping-I Hydropower Station (also
known as the Jinping-I Dam, Jinping 1st Cascade or Jinping No.1 Hydraulic Power
Station) is a large hydroelectric project
on the "Jinping Bend" of the Yalong River (Yalong
Jiang) in Lingshan, Sichuan, China. Construction on
the project began in 2005 and when complete, it will have a 3600 MW
capacity to produce between 16 and 18 TW-h (billion kW·h) annually. Supplying
the power station will
be a reservoir created
by a 305-metre-tall arch dam, the tallest
in the world. The project's objective is to supply energy for expanding
industrialization and urbanization, improve flood protection,
and prevent erosion. The dam began to impound its reservoir on 30
November 2012 and the first two of six 600 MW generators became operational on
30 August 2013. Full electrical power
capability will not be installed until 2015.
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