Gezhen Dam

Gezhen Dam
Location of Gezhen Dam in China
Country China
Location Dongfang
Coordinates 19°10′47″N 108°57′58″E / 19.17972°N 108.96611°E / 19.17972; 108.96611Coordinates: 19°10′47″N 108°57′58″E / 19.17972°N 108.96611°E / 19.17972; 108.96611
Status Operational
Construction began 2007
Opening date 2009
Owner(s) Huaneng Hainan Power Inc
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Gravity/Embankment
Impounds Changhua River
Height 34 m (112 ft)
Length 1,092 m (3,583 ft)
Elevation at crest 58.5 m (192 ft)
Dam volume 460,000 m3 (601,657 cu yd) (concrete gravity dam)
Spillway type 12 gates
Reservoir
Total capacity 146,000,000 m3 (118,364 acre·ft)[1]
Catchment area 3,997 km2 (1,543 sq mi)
Surface area 9.04 km2 (3 sq mi)
Power station
Commission date 2009
Hydraulic head 22.5 m (74 ft)
Turbines 2 x 40 MW Kaplan-type
Installed capacity 80 MW

The Gezhen Dam is a multi-purpose dam on the Changhua River in Hainan Province, China. It is located 34 km (21 mi) east of Dongfang. The dam serves mainly to provide run-of-the-river hydroelectric power and to supply water for irrigation. The dam's power plant has an installed capacity of 80 MW while it is designed to provide water for the irrigation of 8,667 ha (21,417 acres). Construction began in 2007, the reservoir began to fill in 2009 and the project was complete in December 2009.[2][3][4][5][6]

Gezhan Dam
Location within Hainan

See also

References

  1. "Gezhen Hydropower Station". China Gezhouba (Group) Corporation. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  2. "Section Diversion Project" (in Chinese). Hainan Government Office. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  3. "Hainan Gezhen hydro project started to store water" (in Chinese). China Gezhouba Group International Engineering Co. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  4. "Hainan Gezhen Hydropower Project" (PDF). Clean Development Mechanism - Project Design Document. United Nation. 9 January 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  5. "Huaneng Power Plant phase of the project and Oriental Gezhan hydro project completed" (in Chinese). Blue HN. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  6. "Hainan Gezhen Hydropower Project". New CDM Projects. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
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