Guanyinyan Dam

{{Short description|Dam on the Jinsha River in China}}

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| name =Guanyinyan Dam

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| image = Under the Guanyinyan Dam.jpg

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| image_caption = The dam in November 2016

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| location_map =China

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| coordinates = {{coord|26|31|17|N|101|26|16|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

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| status =Complete, generators commissioning

| construction_began =2008

| opening =2014

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| owner =Datang Guanyinyan Hydropower Development Co.

| dam_type =Gravity

| dam_length ={{Convert|1158|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

| dam_height ={{Convert|159|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

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| dam_crosses =Jinsha River

| spillway_count =3

| spillway_type = Service, controlled chute

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| res_name =Guanyinyan Reservoir

| res_capacity_total ={{convert|2072000000|m3|acre.ft|0|abbr=on}}

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| plant_commission =2014-2016 (est.)

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| plant_turbines =5 x 600 MW Francis turbines

| plant_capacity = 3,000 MW

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The Guanyinyan Dam (Chinese: 观音岩水电站, lit. Guanyin Rock Dam) is a gravity dam on the Jinsha River {{Convert|30|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} southwest of Panzhihua on the border of Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces in China. The purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and flood control. Construction on the dam started in 2008 and the river was diverted by 2010. The first generator was operational on 20 December 2014 and the fourth on 14 December 2015.{{cite news|title=Guanyinyan Station Unit 4 into operation early realization of "three times a year to vote."|url=http://news.bjx.com.cn/html/20151215/691735.shtml|accessdate=16 February 2016|agency=Datang guanyinyan Hydropower|publisher=Polaris Power Network|date=15 December 2015|language=Chinese}} The entire power station should be operational by 2016.{{cite web|title=Hydropower Development Co., Ltd. Datang Guanyinyan|url=http://www.china-cdt.com/aboutdatang/memberenterprise/yunnancompany/42694.html|publisher=China CDT|accessdate=9 January 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202192832/http://www.china-cdt.com/aboutdatang/memberenterprise/yunnancompany/42694.html|archivedate=2 February 2014}}{{cite web|title=Datang Guanyinyan station first unit success and power generation|url=http://yn.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2014-12/21/c_133868744.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107221442/http://yn.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2014-12/21/c_133868744.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 7, 2015|publisher=Xinhua|accessdate=7 January 2015|language=Chinese|date=21 December 2014}} When complete, the dam will support a 3,000 MW power station consisting of five 600 MW Francis turbine generators.{{cite web|title=Jinsha River Dams|url=http://www.internationalrivers.org/china/jinsha-river/jinsha-river-dams|publisher=International Rivers|accessdate=9 January 2011}}