Upper Yellow River Hydropower Development Company, Ltd
Dam and spillways
Type of dam
Arch dam
Impounds
Yellow River
Height
250 m (820 ft)
Length
460 m (1,510 ft)
Dam volume
3,681,800 m3 (130,020,000 cu ft)
Reservoir
Creates
Laxiwa Reservoir
Total capacity
1,079,000,000 m3 (875,000 acre⋅ft)
Power Station
Commission date
May 18, 2009 (first two units)
Turbines
6 × 700MW
Installed capacity
4,200 MW
Annual generation
10.223 GWh (mean)
The Laxiwa Dam (simplified Chinese: 拉西瓦大坝; traditional Chinese: 拉西瓦大壩; pinyin: Lāxīwǎ Dàbà) is an arch dam on the Yellow River in Qinghai Province, northwest China. It is 32 km (20 mi) downstream of the Longyangxia Dam and 73 km (45 mi) upstream from the Lijiaxia Dam. The main purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and it supports the largest station in the Yellow River basin. The facility generates power by utilizing six turbines, each with a generating capacity of 700 MW, totaling to a capacity of 4,200 MW.
The LaxiwaDam (simplified Chinese: 拉西瓦大坝; traditional Chinese: 拉西瓦大壩; pinyin: Lāxīwǎ Dàbà) is an arch dam on the Yellow River in Qinghai Province, northwest...
listed. The Three Gorges Dam in Hubei, China, has the world's largest instantaneous generating capacity (22,500 MW), with Baihetan Dam from the same nation...
list of the tallest dams in the world over 135 m (443 ft) in height. The tallest dam in the world is the Jinping-I Dam, an arch dam in China at 305 m (1...
Wanjiazhai Dam (1999; Pianguan County, Shaanxi and Inner Mongolia) Xiaolangdi Dam (2001) (Jiyuan, Henan) LaxiwaDam (2010) (Guide County, Qinghai) Yangqu Dam (2016)...
Network News. 9 March 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014. "Laxiwa" (PDF). Chinese National Committee on Large Dams. Retrieved 7 January 2011. "Lianghekou Hydroelectric...
Committee on Large Dams. Retrieved 7 January 2011. "Laxiwa" (PDF). Chinese National Committee on Large Dams. Retrieved 7 January 2011. "Ertan Hydropower Project"...
Three Gorges Dam are the Baihetan Dam, Itaipu Dam, Xiluodu Dam, Belo Monte Dam, Guri Dam, Wudongde Dam and the Tucurui Dam, rated at 16,000 MW, 14,000 MW...
particular for pear cultivation, as it has a relatively mild climate. The LaxiwaDam in Guide is the largest hydropower station on the upper reaches of the...
significant energy loss due to need for long transmission lines to connect remote dams in the mountainous south-west to demand in southern China. Although hydroelectricity...
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