Longyangxia Dam
| Longyangxia Dam | |
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| File:Longyangxia oli 2017005 lrg.jpg Satellite picture of the Longyangxia Dam reservoir and solar power park | |
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| Country | China |
| Location | Gonghe County, Qinghai Province |
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| Status | In use |
| Construction began | 1976 |
| Opening date | 1992 |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | Arch gravity dam |
| Impounds | Yellow River |
| Height | 178 metres (584 ft) |
| Length | 396 metres (1,299 ft) |
| Width (crest) | 18.5 metres (61 ft) |
| Width (base) | 80 metres (262 ft) |
| Spillway type | Service, gate-controlled on crest |
| Reservoir | |
| Creates | Longyangxia Reservoir |
| Total capacity | 24.7 billion cubic metres (20,000,000 acre⋅ft) |
| Catchment area | 752,443 square kilometres (290,520 sq mi) |
| Surface area | 383 square kilometres (148 sq mi) |
| Power Station | |
| Hydraulic head | 122 metres (400 ft) (design) |
| Turbines | 4 x 320 MW |
| Installed capacity | 1,280 MW 1,400 MW (max. planned) |
| Annual generation | 6 TWh |
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| Longyangxia Dam Solar Park | |
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| Commission date | 2014 |
| Construction cost | CN¥6 billion[1] |
| Power generation | |
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| Nameplate capacity | 850 MW |
The Longyangxia Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam at the entrance of the Longyangxia canyon on the Yellow River in Gonghe County, Qinghai Province, China. The dam is 178 metres (584 ft) tall and was built for the purposes of hydroelectric power generation, irrigation, ice control and flood control. The dam supports a 1,280 MW power station with 4 x 320 MW generators that can operate at a maximum capacity of 1400 MW. Controlling ice, the dam controls downstream releases to reservoirs lower in the river, allowing them to generate more power instead of mitigating ice. Water in the dam's 24.7×109 m3 (20.0×106 acre⋅ft) reservoir provides irrigation water for up to 1,000,000 hectares (2,471,054 acres) of land.[2]
The dam is composed of its main body and a gravity pier and secondary dam on both its left and right flank. The dam's service spillway contains two 12-metre-wide (39 ft) gates that discharge water into two 260-metre-long (850 ft) and 280-metre-long (920 ft) chutes. Downstream discharges are also controlled by a similar single-chute middle outlet and the lower outlet works.[2]
Photovoltaic power station
[edit | edit source]In 2013 a solar photovoltaic station was built with a nameplate capacity of 320 MWp (Phase I), covering 9 square kilometres (3.5 sq mi).[3] An additional 530 MWp (Phase II) was completed in 2015,[4] covering further 14 square kilometres (5.4 sq mi),[5] making Longyangxia Dam Solar Park, with 850 MWp capacity, one of the largest photovoltaic power stations in the world.
The solar power station is integrated with the hydroelectric power station. The park is coupled to one of the hydroelectric turbines, which automatically regulates the output to balance the variable generation from solar before dispatching power to the grid. This limits the problems connected to variable solar generation while helping to conserve water.[4]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ "China builds world's biggest solar farm in journey to become green superpower", The Guardian. 19 January 2017
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