The Pubugou Dam (simplified Chinese: 瀑布沟大坝; traditional Chinese: 瀑布溝大壩; pinyin: Pùbùgōu Dàbà) 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.

Pubugou Dam
Pubugou Dam is located in Sichuan
Pubugou Dam
Location of Pubugou Dam in Sichuan
Official name瀑布沟大坝
Coordinates29°13′30″N 102°49′52″E / 29.22500°N 102.83111°E / 29.22500; 102.83111
StatusIn use
Construction began2004-03-30
Opening date2010
Dam and spillways
Type of damEmbankment, concrete face rock-fill
ImpoundsDadu River
Height186 m (610 ft)
Reservoir
CreatesPubugou Reservoir
Total capacity5,390,000,000 m3 (4,369,744 acre⋅ft)
Power Station
Commission date2009-2010
Turbines6 x 550 MW
Installed capacity3,300 MW

Construction started on March 30, 2004, the first generator was put into operation in December 2009 and the rest by March 2010.[1] 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.[2]

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  1. ^ "State Power Dadu River Falls Hydropower Station Unit 4 put into power generation" (in Chinese). China Guodian. April 2, 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
  2. ^ "China 'executes dam protester'". BBC. 7 December 2006. Retrieved 9 January 2011.