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A 37 m tall, 162 m long sluice dam on the west-side of the Jinping bend will divert water into a 16.6 km long headrace tunnel towards the Jinging 2 Power Station. At the power station, the water will spin eight 550 MW Francis turbines with a total capacity of 4400 MW before being discharged back into the river. The dam will be made of 3.4 million m3 of material.
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