The Goupitan Dam (simplified Chinese: 构皮滩大坝; traditional Chinese: 構皮灘大壩; pinyin: Gòupítān Dàbà) is an arch dam on the Wu 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 3000 MW. Constructions began on in 2003 and the first generator was operational in June 2009. All works were completed in 2011.
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