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The Wudongde Dam (simplified Chinese: 乌东德坝; traditional Chinese: 烏東德壩; pinyin: Wūdōngdé Bà) is a large hydroelectric dam currently under construction on the Jinsha River a tributary of the Yangtze River in Sichuan and Yunnan provinces southwest China. The dam will generate power by utilizing 12 turbines each with a generating capacity of 725 MW totalling the generating capacity to 8700 MW. Construction began in 2010 and is scheduled to complete in 2015.