The Xiluodu Dam is an arch dam on the Jinsha River in southwest China. The power station has an installed capacity of 13,860 MW. Xiluodu is a 285.5 m (937 ft) tall and 700 m (2,300 ft) long double-curvature arch dam. It is the third tallest arch dam in the world and a key component of the Jinsha River Project.
The Dam adopts a concept of "intelligent design" by embedding numerous monitoring equipment within its systematic control. It sets a world record of 6.8-million-cubic-meter concrete casting without thermal cracking.
The Xiluodu Dam is a winner of the Outstanding Project of the Year Award by the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC), which is dubbed the Nobel Prize in the field of international engineering consulting.
