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Yinpan Dam
Location of Yinpan Dam in China
Country	China
Location	Wulong County, Chongqing
Coordinates	29°16′23.34″N 107°53′17.03″E / 29.2731500°N 107.8880639°E / 29.2731500; 107.8880639
Purpose	Power, navigation
Construction began	2005
Opening date	2011; 14 years ago (2011)
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Gravity
Impounds	Wu River
Height	78.5 m (258 ft)
Reservoir
Total capacity	320,000,000 m (260,000 acre⋅ft)
Catchment area	74,910 km (28,920 sq mi)
Commission date	2011
Type	Conventional
Turbines	4 x 150 MW Kaplan-type
Installed capacity	600 MW

The Yinpan Dam is a gravity dam on the Wu River in Wulong County of Chongqing Municipality, China. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power production and navigation. It supports a 500-ton ship lift and a 600 MW power station. Construction on the project began in 2005 and it was completed in 2011 with the first generator commissioned in May of the same year, the fourth in December.

See also

• List of dams and reservoirs in China
• List of tallest dams in China

References

1. "Silver hydropower (银盘水电站)" (in Chinese). SinoHydro. 15 January 2011. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
2. "Silver Station Unit 2 put into operation in July to ease the tight supply Yu (Figure)" (in Chinese). CQ News. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.

• Dams in China
• Gravity dams
• Dams completed in 2011
• Hydroelectric power stations in Chongqing
• Dams on the Wu River
• Energy infrastructure completed in 2011