- Baihetan Hydropower Station

All 16 power generation units of world`s largest and most sophisticated hydropower project -- Baihetan Hydropower Station have been put into operation on December 20, 2022.



Baihetan hydropower project development details
The feasibility study for the project was approved by the National Development and Reform Commission of China in 2010. Construction works on the project were started in August 2017 and the first turbine unit was installed in January 2019.
Baihetan is one of the world`s first projects to use 1GW hydro-turbine generator units.

Baihetan hydroelectric facility make-up
The Baihetan project involved the construction of a concrete double-curvature arch dam with a crest elevation of 834m and a crest width of 13m.
The project comprises two underground powerhouses, one each on the left and right banks of the dam. Each powerhouse will be equipped with eight 1,000MW Francis turbines being indigenously manufactured in China.

Baihetan dam and reservoir details
The impoundment level of the dam is 825m, while the reservoir capacity is 20.627 billion cubic metres (bcm). The dam is designed to have a regulation storage capacity of 10.43bcm and flood control storage capacity of 7.5bcm.
The Baihetan dam has six flood gate structures and three spillway tunnels. The flood discharge capacity of the project is 42,346m³/s.