Rudbar Lorestan Dam | |
Location Map: | Iran |
Coordinates: | 32.9039°N 49.6842°W |
Country: | Iran |
Purpose: | Power |
Status: | operational |
Construction Began: | 2003 |
Opening: | 2016 |
Dam Type: | Gravity, roller-compacted concrete |
Dam Height Thalweg: | 1580NaN0 |
Dam Height Foundation: | 1550NaN0 |
Dam Length: | 1850NaN0 |
Dam Width Crest: | 150NaN0 |
Dam Volume: | 45960000NaN0 |
Dam Elevation Crest: | 17650NaN0 |
Dam Crosses: | Rudbar River |
Spillway Count: | 2 |
Spillway Type: | Tunnel with flip-buckets |
Spillway Capacity: | 33420NaN0 |
Res Capacity Total: | 2280000000NaN0 |
Res Capacity Active: | 1240000000NaN0 |
Res Surface: | 4.110NaN0 |
Res Max Length: | 200NaN0 |
Res Max Width: | 200NaN0 |
Plant Commission: | 2017 |
Plant Turbines: | 2 x 225 MW Francis-type |
Plant Capacity: | 450 MW |
Plant Annual Gen: | 986 GWh (est.)[1] |
Rudbar Lorestan Dam (Persian: سد رودبار لرستان) is a hydroelectric dam on the Rudbar River, a tributary of the Dez River, in Iran's Lorestan Province with an installed electricity generating capability of 450 MW. It was scheduled to become operational in 2013.[2] Finally, the dam was completed on September 15, 2016.[3] The hydroelectric plant consisting of two 225-MW vertical Francis turbine-generator units has begun operating on May 31, 2017.[4]