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The Baise Dam is a
gravity dam A gravity dam is a dam constructed from concrete or stone masonry and designed to hold back water by using only the weight of the material and its resistance against the foundation to oppose the horizontal pressure of water pushing against it. ...
on the You River located west of
Baise City Baise (; local pronunciation: ), or Bose, is the westernmost prefecture-level city of Guangxi, China bordering Vietnam as well as the provinces of Guizhou and Yunnan. The city has a population of 4.3 million, of which 1.4 million live in the urb ...
in
Guangxi Guangxi (; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the People's Republic ...
, China. The dam was constructed between 2000 and 2006. The tall dam was constructed with
roller-compacted concrete Roller-compacted concrete (RCC) or rolled concrete (rollcrete) is a special blend of concrete that has essentially the same ingredients as conventional concrete but in different ratios, and increasingly with partial substitution of fly ash for Po ...
and creates a
reservoir A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation. Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...
. The dam's power station contains four 135 MW
Francis turbine The Francis turbine is a type of water turbine. It is an inward-flow reaction turbine that combines radial and axial flow concepts. Francis turbines are the most common water turbine in use today, and can achieve over 95% efficiency. The proces ...
generators for a total installed capacity of 540 MW and average annual generation of 1,690 GWh.


See also

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List of major power stations in Guangxi This article lists the major power stations located in Guangxi province. Non-renewable Coal based Nuclear Renewable Hydroelectric Conventional * New expansion of 2*300MW of Yantan Hydropower Station started in 2011. References {{P ...
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List of dams and reservoirs in China Dams and reservoirs in China are numerous and have had a profound effect on the country's development and people. According to the World Commission on Dams in 2000, there were 22,104 dams over the height of operating in China. Of the world's tot ...


References

{{reflist Dams in China Hydroelectric power stations in Guangxi Dams completed in 2006 Roller-compacted concrete dams Gravity dams Energy infrastructure completed in 2006 2006 establishments in China