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Alberto Lleras Dam

Coordinates: 04°43′29″N 73°28′59″W / 4.72472°N 73.48306°W / 4.72472; -73.48306
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Alberto Lleras Dam
Alberto Lleras Dam is located in Colombia
Alberto Lleras Dam
Location of Alberto Lleras Dam in Colombia
Official nameEmbalse del Guavio
LocationGuavio, Colombia
Coordinates04°43′29″N 73°28′59″W / 4.72472°N 73.48306°W / 4.72472; -73.48306
Opening date1989
Owner(s)Endesa
Dam and spillways
Height243 m (797 ft)[1]
Length390 m (1,280 ft)
Dam volume17,100,000 m3 (600,000,000 cu ft)
Spillway capacity4,200 m3/s (150,000 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
Total capacity1,043×10^6 m3 (846,000 acre⋅ft)
Power Station
Commission date1992[1]
Hydraulic head1,100 m (3,600 ft)
Turbines5 x 230 MW (310,000 hp) Pelton-type
Installed capacity1,150 MW (1,540,000 hp)[2]
Annual generation5,890 GWh (21,200 TJ)

The Alberto Lleras Dam, also known as the Guavio Dam, is a rock-fill embankment dam on the Guavio River near Guavio, Colombia.

The dam was built in 1989[3] with a height of 243 metres (797 ft).[4] The dam has an installed hydroelectric generation capacity of 1,150 megawatts (1,540,000 hp), a crest length of 390 metres (1,280 ft),[5] and a structural volume of 17,100,000 cubic metres (600,000,000 cu ft).[5]

The dam is named as for Alberto Lleras Camargo (3 July 1906 – 4 January 1990) who was the 20th President of Colombia (1958–1962).

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Guavio Plant (Colombia)". Endesa. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Hydroelectric Plants in Colombia". Industcards. Archived from the original on 2012-09-03. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
  3. ^ "Hydroelectric dams".
  4. ^ "Highest dams in the world". Archived from the original on 2008-04-05.
  5. ^ a b "Dams of Columbia" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-27.