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Baiyun Dam

China

The 2908th largest power station in the world

54 MW · Capacity

The Baiyun Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Wushui River in Chengbu Miao Autonomous County of Hunan Province, China. The dam serves to provide water for irrigation and to generate hydroelectric power. Construction on the dam started in 1992, the reservoir was impounded in 1998 and the project was complete in 1999. The reservoir has a storage capacity of 360,000,000 m3 (290, 000 acre⋅ft) and the power station has an installed capacity of 54 MW.

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