The Pubugou Dam () is a concrete face rock-fill
embankment dam
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on the
Dadu River, a tributary of the
Yangtze River
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in
Sichuan Province
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. The main purpose of the dam is
hydroelectric
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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.
See also
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List of power stations in China
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References
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Hydroelectric power stations in Sichuan
Dams in China
Concrete-face rock-fill dams
Dams completed in 2010
Dams on the Dadu River