Pubugou Dam
title: "Pubugou Dam" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["hydroelectric-power-stations-in-sichuan", "dams-in-china", "concrete-face-rock-fill-dams", "dams-completed-in-2010", "dams-on-the-dadu-river"] topic_path: "geography/china" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pubugou_Dam" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Pubugou Dam |
| image | 202309 Pubugou Dam.jpg |
| name_official | 瀑布沟大坝 |
| dam_crosses | Dadu River |
| dam_type | Embankment, concrete face rock-fill |
| dam_height | 186 m |
| status | In use |
| construction_began | 2004-03-30 |
| opening | 2010 |
| res_name | Pubugou Reservoir |
| res_capacity_total | 5390000000 m3 |
| plant_turbines | 6 x 550 MW |
| plant_capacity | 3,300 MW |
| plant_commission | 2009-2010 |
| location_map | China Sichuan |
| coordinates | |
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The Pubugou Dam () is a concrete face rock-fill embankment dam on the Dadu River, a tributary of the Yangtze River in Sichuan Province. 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.
References
References
- (April 2, 2010). "State Power Dadu River Falls Hydropower Station Unit 4 put into power generation". China Guodian.
- (7 December 2006). "China 'executes dam protester'". BBC.
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