World's Tallest Concrete-Faced Gravel Dam Starts Power Generation
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Beijing – October 12, 2026 -- The first two generator units of China's Dashixia Water Control Project in the Tianshan Mountains, Xinjiang, connected to the power grid on September 29 and began generating electricity, marking the project's official operation.
247-meter dam sets height record for its type
The project's concrete-faced sand-gravel dam stands 247 meters high. It is the tallest of its kind among both completed and under-construction dams worldwide. China Energy Engineering Group invested in and built the project.
Completed project to serve 600,000 households and 453,333 hectares of farmland
Once complete, Dashixia will meet the electricity demand of about 600,000 households. It will deliver 3.42 billion cubic meters of ecological water annually to the Tarim River in Xinjiang.