The Dongqing Dam, also spelled Dongjing, is a
concrete face rock-fill dam on the
Beipan River bordering
Zhenning
Zhenning Buyei and Miao Autonomous County (; usually referred to as "Zhenning County", commonly abbreviated as Zhenning (); Buyei: Zenqninf Buxqyaix Buxyeeuz Ziqziqxianq) is an autonomous county under the administration of the prefecture-level ci ...
and
Zhenfeng County
Zhenfeng County () is a county in the southwest of Guizhou
Guizhou (; Postal romanization, formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in the Southwest China, southwest region of the China, People's Republic of China. Its ...
northeast of Zhenfeng County's seat in
Guizhou Province
Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the center of the province. Guizhou borders the autonomous region of Guangxi to ...
, China. The tall concrete-face rock-fill dam withholds a reservoir of and supports an 880 MW
hydroelectric power station. Construction began in 2005, the river was diverted in 2006, the dam began to impound the reservoir in 2009 and the first generator was commissioned that same year.
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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 to ...
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List of major power stations in Guizhou
This article lists the major power stations located in Guizhou province.
Non-renewable
Coal-based
Renewable
Hydroelectric
Conventional
References
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Power stations
Guizhou
Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) ...
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Dams in China
Hydroelectric power stations in Guizhou
Concrete-face rock-fill dams
Dams completed in 2009