Hunanzhen Dam
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CountryChina
StatusOperational
Constructionbegan1958
| Hunanzhen Dam | |
|---|---|
  Location of Hunanzhen Dam in China | |
| Country | China |
| Coordinates | 28°41′23″N 118°50′10″E / 28.68972°N 118.83611°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | 1958 |
| Opening date | 1980 |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | Concrete buttress/gravity |
| Impounds | Qiantang River |
| Height | 129 m (423 ft) |
| Length | 440 m (1,444 ft) |
| Elevation at crest | 242 m (794 ft) |
| Width (crest) | 7 m (23 ft) |
| Width (base) | 11.84 m (39 ft) |
| Reservoir | |
| Total capacity | 2,067,000,000 m3 (1,675,744 acre⋅ft) |
| Catchment area | 2,197 km2 (848 sq mi) |
| Normal elevation | 230 m (755 ft) |
| Power Station | |
| Commission date | 1979/2006 |
| Turbines | 4 x 42.5 MW 1 x 100 MW Francis-type |
| Installed capacity | 270 MW |
The Hunanzhen Dam is a trapezoidal buttress dam on the Qiantang River, located 27 km (17 mi) south of Quzhou in Zhejiang Province, China. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation but it also serves to provide for flood control and irrigation water supply. Construction on the dam began in 1958 but was halted in 1961. It recommenced in 1970, the first generator was operational in 1979 and the project complete in 1980. The original installed capacity of the dam's power plant was 170 MW but the plant was expanded with an additional 100 MW generator, commissioned in 2006.[1]
