Guaicaramo Dam

Upia Dam/Guaicaramo Dam
Location Casanare,
Colombia
Dam and spillways
Impounds Upia River
Height 230 m (755 ft)
Width (base) 850 m (2,789 ft)
Reservoir
Creates Upia Reservoir
Total capacity 9,870,000,000 m3 (3.49×1011 cu ft)
Power station
Installed capacity 1,750 MW

The Guaicaramo Dam is a planned hydroelectric dam on the Upia River, in Casanare, Colombia. It is to be part of the Upía Hydroelectric Project It has a planned installed capacity of 1,750 MW. The dams designed to be 230 m (755 ft) tall, 850 m (2,789 ft) wide, and with 33,260,000 m3 (1.175×109 cu ft) of material. Designs were carried out between 1980 and 1983.[1] An environmental study for the dam was carried out between 1989 and 1990.[2]

See also

References

  1. "Presas" (PDF). Ingetic S.A. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  2. "Social and Environmental Studies" (PDF). Ingetec S.A. Retrieved 28 May 2011.


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