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Panjiakou Dam

China

The 1544th largest power station in the world

420 MW · Capacity

The Panjiakou Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Luan River in Qianxi County, Hebei Province, China. The primary purpose of the dam is to provide water for the cities of Tianjin and Tangshan, located to the south. The dam also provides flood control and its power plant has an installed capacity of 420 MW which includes a 270 MW pumped storage power station.

Power station data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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