Goupitan Dam

{{Short description|Dam in Guizhou, China}}

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| name = Goupitan Dam

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| name_official = 构皮滩大坝

| dam_crosses = Wu River

| location = Guizhou, China

| dam_length = {{Convert|557.11|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

| dam_height = {{Convert|232.5|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

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| spillway_capacity =

| construction_began = November 2003

| opening = 2009

| status = O

| dam_type = Double-curvature arch dam

| cost = ¥13.842 billion

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| res_name =Goupitan Reservoir

| res_capacity_total = {{Convert|6451000000|m3|acre.ft|0|abbr=on}}

| res_catchment = {{Convert|43250|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on}}

| res_surface = {{Convert|94.29|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on}}

| res_max_depth =

| plant_operator =

| plant_turbines = 5 × 600MW

| plant_capacity = 3,000 MW

| plant_annual_gen = 9.667 TWh (est.)

| plant_commission =2009

| plant_decommission =

| location_map = China

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| coordinates = {{coord|27|22|31|N|107|37|59|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

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The Goupitan Dam ({{zh|s=构皮滩大坝|t=構皮灘大壩|p=Gòupítān Dàbà}}) is an arch dam on the Wu River, a tributary of the Yangtze River in Guizhou Province, southwest of China. The dam's hydroelectric facility will operate on five turbines, each with a hydroelectric generating capacity of {{nowrap|600 MW}}, for a total of {{nowrap|3,000 MW}}. Constructions began on in 2003 and the first generator was operational in June 2009.{{cite web|title=Goupitan Hydropower Station|url=http://www.baju.com.cn/web/Production/ProductionShow.asp?ID=192|publisher=Eighth China Water Conservancy and Hydropower Engineering Bureau, Ltd.|accessdate=26 September 2011|language=Chinese|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304044228/http://www.baju.com.cn/web/Production/ProductionShow.asp?ID=192|url-status=dead}} All works were completed in 2011.{{Citation|title=Goupitan Hydropower Project|url=http://www.chincold.org.cn/news/li080321-16-Goupitan.pdf|publisher=Chinese National Committee on Large Dams|accessdate=2010-03-12|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416183422/http://www.chincold.org.cn/news/li080321-16-Goupitan.pdf|archivedate=2014-04-16}}{{Cite web |url=http://news.163.com/06/0830/00/2PO1FN8J0001rt.html |title=构皮滩水电站工程情况简介_网易新闻中心 |access-date=2008-02-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060902092239/http://news.163.com/06/0830/00/2PO1FN8J0001rt.html |archive-date=2006-09-02 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.gz.xinhuanet.com/zfpd/2007-08/20/content_10907676.htm |title=四在农家――余庆 |access-date=2008-02-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720032357/http://www.gz.xinhuanet.com/zfpd/2007-08/20/content_10907676.htm |archive-date=2011-07-20 |url-status=dead }}

The dam is supplemented by the Goupitan shiplift, said to be the tallest boat lift in the world. Xinhua reported, on July 3, 2020, it would be complete by March 2021.

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