The Dagangshan Dam is an under construction arch dam on the Dadu River near the village of Dagangshan in Sichuan Province, China. The dam will house a hydroelectric power station with 4 x 650 MW generators for a total installed capacity of 2,600 MW. Construction on the dam began in 2008 and the power plant in 2010, the first generator is expected to be online by 2015 and the entire project complete by 2016.

Dagangshan Dam
Country	China
Location	Sichuan Province
Status	Under construction
Construction began	2008
Opening date	2012 (est.)
Owner(s)	Dadu Hydropower Development Co., Ltd
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Arch
Height	210 metres (689 ft)
Length	610 metres (2,001 ft)
Crest width	10 metres (33 ft)
Base width	52 metres (171 ft)
Impounds	Dadu River
Reservoir
Creates	Dagangshan Reservoir
Capacity	724,000,000 cubic metres (586,956 acre·ft)
Max. water depth	205 metres (673 ft) (avg.)
Power station
Commission date	2015-2016 (est.)
Turbines	4 x 650 MW
Installed capacity	2,600 MW
Annual generation	11.43 billion kWh

The Changheba Dam is an under construction concrete face rock-fill embankment dam on the Dadu River near Kangding in Sichuan Province, China. Initial construction on the dam began in 2006, it was officially approved in December 2010 and its power station is expected to be operational by 2016. In July 2009, a landslide at the construction site killed four people while causing damage and temporarily blocking the river.

Changheba Dam
Country	China
Location	Kangding, Sichuan Province
Status	Under construction
Construction began	2006
Opening date	2016
Construction cost	$3.46 billion USD
Owner(s)	Sichuan Datang International Ganzi Hydropower Development Company
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Embankment, concrete face rock-fill
Height	240 m (787 ft)
Length	1,697 m (5,568 ft)
Impounds	Dadu River
Reservoir
Creates	Changheba Reservoir
Capacity	1,075,000,000 m3 (871,517 acre·ft)
Power station
Commission date	2016-2018 (est.)
Turbines	4 x 650 MW Francis turbines
Installed capacity	2,600 MW

The Guanyinyan Dam is an under construction gravity dam on the Jinsha River 30 km (19 mi) southwest of Panzhihua on the border of Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces in China. The purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and flood control. Construction on the dam started in 2008 and the river was diverted by 2010. The first generator should be operational in 2015 and the entire power station in 2016. When complete, the dam will support a 3,000 MW power station consisting of five 600 MW Francis turbine generators.

The Guanyinyan Dam will be a 159 m (522 ft) tall and 1,158 m (3,799 ft) long gravity dam. Of the dam's length, 838 m (2,749 ft) will be roller-compacted concrete and 320 m (1,050 ft) will be rock-fill embankment with this portion having a maximum height of 71 m (233 ft). The crest elevation of the dam will be 1,141 m (3,743 ft) above sea level and contain the power plant at the toe of its body. A spillway and two discharge openings are also included in the design.

Guanyinyan Dam
Status	Under construction
Construction began	2008
Opening date	2015 (est.)
Owner(s)	Datang Guanyinyan Hydropower Development Co.
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Gravity
Height	159 m (522 ft)
Length	1,158 m (3,799 ft)
Impounds	Jinsha River
Spillways	3
Type of spillway	Service, controlled chute
Reservoir
Creates	Guanyinyan Reservoir
Capacity	2,072,000,000 m3 (1,679,798 acre·ft)
Power station
Decommission date	2015-2016 (est.)
Turbines	5 x 600 MW Francis turbines
Installed capacity	3,000 MW

The Goupitan Dam is an under construction concrete arch dam on the Wujiang River, a tributary of the Yangtze River in Guizhou Province, southwest of China. The dam's hydroelectric facility will operate on five turbines, each with a hydroelectric generating capacity of 600 MW, for a total of 3,000 MW. Constructions began on 2003-11-08 and is expected to be completed in 2011.

Goupitan Dam
Official name	构皮滩大坝
Location	Guizhou, China
Construction began	November 2003
Opening date	2011
Construction cost	¥13.842 billion
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Arch
Height	232.5 m (763 ft)
Length	557.11 m (1,828 ft)
Impounds	Wujiang River
Reservoir
Creates	Goupitan Reservoir
Capacity	6,451,000,000 m3 (5,229,911 acre·ft)
Catchment area	43,250 km2 (16,699 sq mi)
Surface area	94.29 km2 (36 sq mi)
Power station
Turbines	5 × 600MW
Installed capacity	3,000 MW
Annual generation	9.667 TWh (est.)

The Gezhouba Dam or Gezhouba Water Control Project on the Yangtze River is located in the western suburbs of Yichang City in central China's Hubei province. The dam sits a few kilometers upstream from downtown Yichang, just downstream of the fall of the Huangbo River into the Yangtze. Construction started on December 30, 1970 and ended on December 10, 1988. The dam has a total installed electrical capacity of 3,115 MW.

After rushing out of Nanjin Pass, the Yangtze River slows down and widens from 300 metres (980 ft) to about 2,200 metres (7,200 ft) at the dam site. Two small islands, Gezhouba and Xiba, divided the river into three channels. There the Gezhouba Project was built.

The facility boasts a generating capacity of 3.11 GW along with three ship locks, two power stations that generate 14,100 GWh of electricity annually, the 27 gates of the spillway, and the no flowing Dam on both banks. The dam is 2,595 metres (8,514 ft) long with a maximum height of 47 metres (154 ft). The reservoir has a total volume of 1.58 cubic kilometres (1,280,000 acre·ft).

The navigation lock No.2 on the third channel was, when built, among the 100 largest in the world. The lock chamber is 280 metres (920 ft) long and 34 metres (112 ft) wide, with a minimum draft of 5 metres (16 ft) at the sill. It provides passage for 10,000 ton ships.

Gezhouba Dam
Locale	Yichang, China
Dam and spillways
Height	47 m (154 ft)
Length	2,595 m (8,514 ft)
Impounds	Yangtze River
Reservoir
Capacity	1.58 km3 (1,280,000 acre·ft)
Power station
Installed capacity	3,115 MW
Annual generation	14,100 GWh

The Pubugou Dam is concrete face rock-fill embankment dam on the Dadu River, a tributary of the Yangtze River in Sichuan Province (located in southwestern China). The main purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and its total generating capacity is 3,300 MW.

Construction started on March 30, 2004, the first generator was put into operation in December 2009 and the rest by March 2010. In 2004, the construction site was overrun by tens of thousands of protesters, though the only eventual result was the delay of construction by one year. The protests were about evictions stemming from planned flooding.

Pubugou Dam
Status	In use
Construction began	2004-03-30
Opening date	2010
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Embankment, concrete face rock-fill
Height	186 m (610 ft)
Impounds	Dadu River
Reservoir
Creates	Pubugou Reservoir
Capacity	5,390,000,000 m (1.7683727034×1010 ft)
Power station
Commission date	2009-2010
Turbines	6 x 550 MW
Installed capacity	3,300 MW

The Jinping-I Hydropower Station or Jinping-I Dam, Jinping 1st Cascade or Jinping No.1 Hydraulic Power Station is a large hydroelectric project on the "Jinping Bend" of the Yalong River (Yalong Jjiang) in Sichuan, China. Construction on the project began in 2005 and when complete, it will have a 3600 MW capacity to produce between 16 and 18 TW·h (billion kW·h) annually. Supplying the power station will be a reservoir created by a 305 m tall arch dam, soon to be the tallest in the world. The project's objective is to supply energy for expanding industrialization and urbanization, improve flood protection, and prevent erosion.

The Jinping 1 power station is on the border of the Yanyuan and Muli districts in the autonomous Liangshan Yi area of the Sichuan province. The Yalong River, which the dam will control, is the largest tributary of the Jinsha. For the project, approximately 7,500 inhabitants will be relocated.

The Jinping 1 power station will be supplied with water from a 7.7 billion m³ reservoir created by a 305m tall, 568m long thin double-curvature arch dam made of 7.4 million m³ of material. The power station will contain six 600 MW Francis turbines. Water discharged from the power station can then be diverted by the Jinping 2 Dam to the Jinping 2 Hydropower Station.

Jinping-I
Official name	Jinping-I Hydropower Station
Locale	Sichuan, China
Construction began	2005
Opening date	2014
Dam and spillways
Height	305 m (1,001 ft)
Length	568 m (1,864 ft)
Impounds	Yalong River
Reservoir
Creates	Jinping-I Reservoir
Capacity	7,700,000,000 m3 (6,200,000 acre·ft)
Catchment area	102,560 km2 (39,600 sq mi)
Surface area	82 km2 (32 sq mi)
Power station
Turbines	6 × 600MW
Installed capacity	3,600 MW
Annual generation	16-18 TWh

The Xiaowan Dam is a large hydroelectric arch dam on the Lancang (Mekong) River in Yunnan Province, southwest China. It is the world's highest arch dam and will be the second largest hydroelectric power station in China after the Three Gorges Dam. Construction started on 1 January 2002. The river was dammed in October 2004. The first generator was commissioned in September 2009 and the dam was complete in March 2010. The first generator was commissioned in September 2009 and the dam was complete in March 2010.

Xiaowan Dam is the highest arch dam in the world with height of 292 m (958 ft). It creates a 15,000,000,000 m³ (5.3×10¹¹ cu ft) reservoir with an area of more than 190 km² (73 sq mi). The hydroelectric power station will eventually consist of six generating units with generating capacity of 700 MW each. The total generating capacity of the project will be 4,200 MW. The first generator went into operation in September 2009 and the last one is expected in 2013. The cost of the Xiaowan hydropower station is estimated at ¥32 billion (nearly US$3.9 billion). The hydroelectric power station is being constructed and operated by Huaneng Power International.

Xiaowan Dam
Official name	小湾坝
Status	In use
Construction began	1 January 2002
Opening date	March 2010
Construction cost	US$3.9 billion
Dam and spillways
Height	292 m (958 ft)
Reservoir
Capacity	15,000,000,000 m3 (5.3×1011 cu ft)
Surface area	190 km2 (73 sq mi)
Power station
Operator(s)	Huaneng
Commission date	2009 (first unit)
Turbines	6 × 700MW
Installed capacity	700 MW
Maximum capacity	4,200 MW

The Laxiwa Dam 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.

By the beginning of 2004, the Yellow River was diverted and in September of that year, excavation on the dam's abutment began. In April 2006, the first concrete was cast and on May 18, 2009, the power plant's first two generators were commissioned. A total of 79,571,000 cubic metres (2.8100×10⁹ cu ft) of earth and rock were excavated from the dam site.

Laxiwa Dam
Official name	拉西瓦大坝
Locale	Guide County, Qinghai, China
Opening date	2009
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Arch dam
Height	250 m (820 ft)
Length	460 m (1,510 ft)
Volume	3,681,800 cubic metres (130,020,000 cu ft)
Impounds	Yellow River
Reservoir
Creates	Laxiwa Reservoir
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	10.23 TWh (mean)

The Jinping 2 Hydroelectric Power Plant or Jinping 2 Dam, is a large conventional hydroelectic project on the "Jinping Bend" of the Yalong River (Yalong Jjiang) in Sichuan, China. Construction on the project began in 2007 and when complete, it will have a 4800 MW capacity. While the Jinping 1 will rely on its large dam and reservoir to supply water, the Jinping 2 will rely on four 16.6 km long headrace tunnels that are supplied with water which is diverted by a much smaller dam, which located 7.5 km downstream of Jinping-I dam.

Harnessing hydropower on the Jinping bend of the Yalong River has been in planning for decades. The length of bend is 150 km but the downstream part of the river on the opposite side is only separated by 16 km. Between that distance, there is an elevation drop of 310 m, creating an excellent situation for hydroelectricity production. Two projects were planned for the bend, the Jinping I and Jinping II with a combined capacity of 8,400 MW. Planning for the projects began in the 1960s under the former Sichuan and Shanghai design institutes along with the Ministry of Water Resources and Electric Power. They produced the "Reinvestigation Report on The Yalong River bend (Jinping)". In July 1965, the Jinping Hydropower Engineering Headquarters was set up and designs for the Jinping 1 and Jinping 2 would progress with the East China Investigation and Design Instititute.

Construction on the Jinping 2 started on January 30^th of 2007 and is scheduled to be completed in 2014.

A 37 m tall, 162 m long sluice dam on the west-side of the Jinping bend will divert water into a 16.6 km long headrace tunnel towards the Jinging 2 Power Station. At the power station, the water will spin eight 550 MW Francis turbines with a total capacity of 4400 MW before being discharged back into the river. The dam will be made of 3.4 million m³ of material.

Jinping-II
Official name	Jinping-II Hydropower Station
Locale	Sichuan, China
Construction began	2007
Opening date	2014
Dam and spillways
Height	37 m (121 ft)
Length	162 m (531 ft)
Impounds	Yalong River
Reservoir
Creates	Jinping-II Reservoir
Capacity	14,200,000 m3 (11,500 acre·ft)
Catchment area	102,663 km2 (39,638 sq mi)
Power station
Turbines	8 × 600MW
Installed capacity	4,800 MW

Nuozhadu Dam is an embankment dam on the Lancang (Mekong) River in Yunnan Province, southwest China. The dam will be 261.5 m (858 ft) tall, and will create a reservoir with a normal capacity of 21,749,000,000 m³ (17,632,000 acre·ft) at a level of 812 m (2,664 ft) asl. The purpose of the dam is conventional hydroelectric power production along with flood control and navigation. The Nuozhadu Dam will support a power station with nine generators, each with generating capacity of 650 MW. The total generating capacity of the project is 5,850 MW. The construction and management of the project is being implemented by Huaneng Power International Ltd., which has a concession to build, own and operate hydroelectric dams on China's stretch of the Mekong River.

Nuozhadu Dam
Locale	Puer, Yunnan Province
Opening date	2015 (estimate)
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Embankment, central core, rock-fill
Height	261.5 m (858 ft)
Length	608 m (1,995 ft)
Crest width	18 m (59 ft)
Impounds	Lancang (Mekong) River
Type of spillway	Service, controlled side channel chute
Spillway capacity	31,318 m3/s (1,106,000 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
Creates	Nuozhadu Reservoir
Capacity	21,749,000,000 m3 (17,632,000 acre·ft)
Catchment area	140,000 km2 (54,000 sq mi)
Surface area	320 km2 (120 sq mi)
Power station
Hydraulic head	187 m (614 ft)
Turbines	9 x 650 MW
Installed capacity	5,850 MW

The Xiangjiaba Hydorelectric Dam is a large conventional hydroelectric dam on the Jinsha River, a tributary of the Yangtze River in Yunnan Province and Sichuan Province, southwest China. Xiangjiaba Dam is the second largest hydropower project in China after the Three Gorges Dam. As part of a cascade of dams, including the Xiangjiaba, Baihetan, and Wudongde, the Xiluodu seeks to alleviate much of the sedimentation that has been rapidly accumulating behind the Three Gorges. Together with Xiangjiaba, it will generate 12.6 Gigawatts of energy, roughly equal to the Three Gorges's maximum capacity expected in 2015. It will also displace an estimated 180,000 people, mostly from the city of Zhaotong. The Xiangjiaba Dam facility runs on eight turbines, each with a capacity of 800 MW, totalling the generating capacity to 6,400 MW. When completed, it will be the fourth largest dam in China. Construction started on November 26, 2006, and is scheduled for completion in 2015.

Xiangjiaba Dam
Official name	向家坝
Locale	Yunnan, China
Construction began	2006-11-26
Opening date	2015
Dam and spillways
Height	161 metres (528 ft)
Impounds	Jinsha River
Power station
Turbines	8 × 800MW
Installed capacity	6,400 MW

Longtan Dam is a large roller-compacted concrete (RCC) gravity dam on the Hongshui River in Tian'e County of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, a tributary of the Xi River and the Pearl River. The dam is 216.2 m (709.3 ft) high and 849 m (2,785 ft) long; it is the tallest of its type in the world. The dam is intended for hydroelectric power production, flood control and navigation. The dam contains seven surface spillways, two bottom outlets and an underground power station.

Formal construction of Longtan Dam began on the project July 1, 2001 and the river was diverted by November 2003. A total of 20,000,000 m³ (706,293,334 cu ft) of material were excavated from the dam site. Impounding of the 27,270,000,000 m³ (22,108,149 acre·ft) reservoir began in 2006 and the dam's first of three operational hydroelectric generating units was testing May 2007. In 2009, the last generator became operational and the installed capacity increased to 6,426 MW, its annual generation is estimated at 18.7 TWh.

Longtan Dam
Official name	龙滩大坝
Country	China
Locale	Tian'e County, Guangxi
Status	In use
Construction began	1990
Opening date	2009
Construction cost	US$4.2 billion
Owner(s)	Longtan Hydropower Development Co., Ltd.
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Gravity
Height	216.2 m (709 ft)
Length	849 m (2,785 ft)
Volume	7,670,000 m3 (270,863,494 cu ft)
Impounds	Hongshui River
Type of spillway	Service, controlled
Spillway capacity	27,134 m3/s (958,228 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
Creates	Longtan Reservoir
Capacity	27,270,000,000 m3 (22,108,149 acre·ft)
Catchment area	98,500 km2 (38,031 sq mi)
Power station
Commission date	2007-2009
Hydraulic head	179 m (587 ft) (max.)
Turbines	9 × 714 MW
Installed capacity	6,426 MW
Annual generation	18,700 GWh (estimate)

The Xiluodu Hydroelectric Dam is a conventional hydroelectric dam project on the Jinsha River, i.e. the upper course of the Yangtze River in China. In early 2005, the Chinese government halted the construction due to lack of environmental impact studies. Later, construction was restarted. If completed, the Xiluodu Dam will be the third tallest dam in the world and a key component of the Jinsha project. The total generating capacity will be 13,860 MW.

The dam site is located near Xiluodu Town, the county seat of Yunnan's Yongshan County. The other side of the river is in Sichuan's Leibo County.

Xiluodu Dam
Official name	溪洛渡大坝
Locale	Xiuodu Town, Yongshan County, Yunnan, China
Construction began	2005
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Double-curvature arch, concrete
Height	278 metres (912 ft)
Length	700 metres (2,297 ft)
Impounds	Jinsha River
Type of spillway	7 x crest floodgates, 5 x tunnels
Reservoir
Creates	Xiluodu Reservoir
Capacity	12,670,000,000 cubic metres (4.47436827361×1011 cu ft)[1]
Power station
Turbines	18
Installed capacity	0
Maximum capacity	13,860 MW
Annual generation	64 TWh