Alberto Lleras Dam Explained

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).

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Guavio Plant (Colombia). Endesa. 7 August 2011.
  2. Web site: Hydroelectric Plants in Colombia. Industcards. 4 March 2011. https://archive.today/20120903233339/http://www.industcards.com/hydro-colombia.htm. 2012-09-03. dead.
  3. Web site: Hydroelectric dams.
  4. Web site: Highest dams in the world . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080405065705/http://npdp.stanford.edu/damhigh.html . 2008-04-05 .
  5. Web site: Dams of Columbia . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090327183137/http://www.ingetec.com.co/brochures-ingles/BROCHURE-PRESAS-INGLES.pdf . 2009-03-27 .