Alberto Lleras Dam | |
Name Official: | Embalse del Guavio |
Location Map: | Colombia |
Coordinates: | 4.7247°N -73.4831°W |
Location: | Guavio, Colombia |
Dam Length: | 390m (1,280feet) |
Dam Height: | 243m (797feet) |
Dam Volume: | 17100000m2 |
Spillway Capacity: | 4200m3/s |
Owner: | Endesa |
Opening: | 1989 |
Res Capacity Total: | 1043e6m3 |
Plant Commission: | 1992[1] |
Plant Turbines: | 5 x 230MW Pelton-type |
Plant Hydraulic Head: | 1100m (3,600feet) |
Plant Capacity: | 1150MW[2] |
Plant Annual Gen: | 5890GWh |
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 .[4] The dam has an installed hydroelectric generation capacity of, a crest length of,[5] and a structural volume of .[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).