Yeywa Dam
| Yeywa Hydropower Station | |
|---|---|
Yeywa Dam | |
| Official name | Burmese: ရဲရွာရေအားလျှပ်စစ်ဓာတ်အားပေးစက်ရုံ |
| Location | Mandalay Region, Kyaukse District Kyaukse Township, near Yeyaman village, Myanmar (52 km or 32 mi from Mandalay) |
| Coordinates | 21°40′22″N 96°28′25″E / 21.67278°N 96.47361°E |
| Construction began | 2001-2002 |
| Opening date | 2010 |
| Construction cost | US$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 dam | Gravity, roller-compacted concrete |
| Impounds | Myitnge River, a tributary of the Ayeyarwady River |
| Height | 134 m (440 ft) |
| Length | 690 m (2,260 ft) |
| Spillway type | ungated spillway 157 m (515 ft) crest width 136 m (446 ft) net width |
| Spillway capacity | design flood: 6,600 m3/s (5.4 acre⋅ft/s) |
| Reservoir | |
| Total capacity | 2.6 billion m3 (9.82 Tmcft) gross storage 1.6 billion m3 (56.5 Tmcft) active storage |
| Catchment area | 10,890 sq mi (28,200 km2) |
| Surface area | 14,580 acres (59.0 km2) |
| Maximum water depth | >180 m (590.6 ft) |
| Power Station | |
| Operator(s) | Myanmar Electric Power Enterprise |
| Commission date | 2010 |
| Turbines | 4 x 197.5 MW (264,900 hp) Francis-type |
| Installed capacity | 790 MW (1,060,000 hp) |
| Annual generation | 3,550 GWh (12,800 TJ) |
| Website 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, and the site of a 790-megawatt (1,060,000 hp) hydroelectric power plant, the largest in the country.