Yebatan Hydropower Station

The Yebatan Hydropower Station (Chinese: 叶巴滩水电站)[3] is the hydropower project with the largest installed capacity in the upper reaches of the Jinsha River.[4] It is located at the junction of Baiyu County in Sichuan Province and Konjo County in Tibet Autonomous Region.[5]

Yebatan Hydropower Station
叶巴滩水电站
CountryChina
Locationat the junction of Baiyu and Konjo[2]
PurposePower, flood control, navigation
Construction beganMarch 2017
Opening dateJune 27, 2017
Construction cost¥33.36 billion

Since it is an arch dam, it is also called as the Yebatan Arch Dam,[6] with a maximum height of 217 meters. The total investment in this project is ¥ 33.36 billion,[7] and its first generating unit is expected to be operational by 2025,[8] and the total installed capacity is 2.24 million kilowatts.[9]

History

In November 2016, the National Development and Reform Commission approved the construction of the Lawa Hydropower Station.[10] On June 27, 2017, construction of the Yebatan Hydropower Station officially began.[4]

On March 30, 2019, the upstream cofferdam of the plant was intercepted and the main construction of the project was fully underway.[11]

References
  1. "Work begins on 2.24 GW hydropower plant". Shanghai Daily. 2019-04-01.
  2. "Work begins on 2.24 GW hydropower plant". Shanghai Daily. 2019-04-01.
  3. "叶巴滩水电站大坝混凝土浇筑施工仿真研究 (Simulation Study on Dam Concrete Placement Construction at Yebatan Hydropower Station)". CNKI. 2019-01-01.
  4. "Inventory of hydropower stations in Tibet". International Campaign for Tibet. May 30, 2019.
  5. "Construction of 2.24-GW hydropower station underway in upper Yangtze". Xinhuanet.com. 2019-03-31.
  6. "Experimental and numerical analyses on working performance of a high arch dam with deep-seated joints: Yebatan arch dam, China". Springer.com. 4 February 2019.
  7. "Reuters Basis Point:Yebatan Hydropower Station received RMB 26.7 billion in 32-year loans". Reuters. Jun 5, 2017.
  8. "China begins building major new power station in Tibet". Tibetan Review. April 2, 2019.
  9. "Changdu builds a national "West-to-East Power Transmission" connection base and accelerates". People's Daily. Mar 17, 2020.
  10. "The upstream of the Jinsha River has witnessed a period of rapid construction for hydropower development". Xinhuanet.com. 2019-04-03.
  11. "Largest upstream hydropower station on the Jinsha River intercepts flows". Xinhuanet.com. 2019-03-30.


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