Lam Takhong Dam | |
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Official name | เขื่อนลำตะคอง |
Country | Thailand |
Location | Pak Chong and Sikhio, Nakhon Ratchasima |
Coordinates | 14°51′54″N 101°33′37″E / 14.86500°N 101.56028°E |
Status | In use |
Opening date | 1974 |
Owner(s) | Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Earth core rockfill dam |
Impounds | Lam Takhong River |
Height | 40.3 m (132 ft) |
Length | 251 m (823 ft) |
Reservoir | |
Creates | Lam Takhong Dam Reservoir |
Total capacity | 310×10 6 m3 (251,321 acre⋅ft) |
Power Station | |
Operator(s) | Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand |
Commission date | 2002 |
Turbines | 2 x 250 MW reversible pump-generators |
Installed capacity | 500 MW |
Annual generation | 400 GWh |
The Lam Takhong Dam (Thai: เขื่อนลำตะคอง, RTGS: Khuean Lam Takhong, pronounced [kʰɯ̀a̯n lām tā.kʰɔ̄ːŋ]) is an embankment dam on the Lam Takhong River between Pak Chong District and Sikhio District in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand.[1] The dam was originally constructed in 1974 for the purposes of irrigation and water supply but after 2002, its water storage also serves as the lower reservoir for the Lam Takhong pumped storage power plant, Thailand's first power plant of that type.