Yeywa Dam

Yeywa Hydropower Station
Yeywa Dam
Yeywa Dam is located in Myanmar
Yeywa Dam
Location of Yeywa Hydropower Station in Myanmar
Official nameBurmese: ရဲရွာရေအားလျှပ်စစ်ဓာတ်အားပေးစက်ရုံ
LocationMandalay Region, Kyaukse District Kyaukse Township, near Yeyaman village, Myanmar
(52 km or 32 mi from Mandalay)
Coordinates21°40′22″N 96°28′25″E / 21.67278°N 96.47361°E / 21.67278; 96.47361
Construction began2001-2002
Opening dateNo(1)...February 18, 2010 (2010-02-18)

No(2)...August 7, 2010 (2010-08-07) No(3)...June 16, 2010 (2010-18-16)

No(4)...December 15, 2010 (2010-12-15)
Construction costUS$700 million
Designed by Colenco Power Engineering Ltd. (Switzerland)
Owner(s)Department of Hydropower, Ministry of Electricity and Energy (Myanmar)
Dam and spillways
Type of damGravity, roller-compacted concrete
ImpoundsMyitnge River, a tributary of the Ayeyarwady River
Height134 m (440 ft)
Length690 m (2,260 ft)
Spillway typeungated spillway
157 m (515 ft) crest width
136 m (446 ft) net width
Spillway capacitydesign flood: 6,600 m3 (5.4 acre⋅ft)/s
Reservoir
Total capacity2.6×109 m3 (9.82 Tmcft) gross storage
1.6×109 m3 (56.5 Tmcft) active storage
Catchment area10,890 sq mi (28,200 km2)
Surface area14,580 acres (59.0 km2)[1]
Maximum water depth>180 m (590.6 ft)
Power Station
Operator(s)Myanmar Electric Power Enterprise
Commission date2010
Turbines4 x 197.5 MW (264,900 hp) Francis-type[2]
Installed capacity790 MW (1,060,000 hp)
Annual generation3,550 GWh (12,800 TJ)
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Yeywa Dam

The Yeywa Hydropower Station (Burmese: ရဲရွာရေအားလျှပ်စစ်ဓာတ်အားပေးစက်ရုံ), located on the Myitnge River, 52 kilometres (32 mi) southeast of Mandalay city, at Yeywa village in Kyaukse Township, Mandalay Region in central Myanmar, is the country's first roller-compacted concrete (RCC) dam,[3] and the site of a 790-megawatt (1,060,000 hp) hydroelectric power plant, the largest in the country.[4][5]

  1. ^ media team. "Yeywa Hydropower Project, the largest of its kind in Myanmar". MRTV-3. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Leng was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Feature - The need for speed". Water Power Magazine. Burma Rivers Network. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  4. ^ U. Win Kyaw; U. Myint Zaw; Alan Dredge; Paul Fischer; K. Steiger. Yeywa Hydropower Project, an Overview (PDF). Burma Library. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2010-12-13. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
  5. ^ Win Kyaw; Myint Zaw; Alan Dredge; Paul Fischer; K. Steiger. "Yeywa Hydropower Project, an Overview" (PDF). Vietnam National Commission On Large Dams. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 April 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2010.