Angostura Dam (Mexico) Explained
| Angostura Dam |
| Name Official: | Presa Belisario Domínguez |
| Location Map: | Mexico |
| Coordinates: | 16.4017°N -92.7786°W |
| Country: | Mexico |
| Location: | Venustiano Carranza, Chiapas |
| Status: | In use |
| Construction Began: | 1969 |
| Opening: | 1976 |
| Owner: | Comisión Federal de Electricidad |
| Dam Height: | 1460NaN0 |
| Dam Crosses: | Grijalva River |
| Res Name: | Angostura Reservoir |
| Res Capacity Total: | 182000000000NaN0 |
| Res Capacity Active: | 131690000000NaN0[1] |
| Res Surface: | 7600NaN0[2] |
| Plant Commission: | 1976-1978 |
| Plant Turbines: | 5 x 180 MW Francis turbines |
| Plant Capacity: | 900 MW |
The Angostura Dam (officially known as the Belisario Domínguez Dam) is an embankment dam and hydroelectric power station on the Grijalva River near Venustiano Carranza in Chiapas, Mexico. The dam's power plant contains 5 x 180 MW, 3 x 310 MW Francis turbine-generators.[3] The 1460NaN0 tall dam withholds one of the largest reservoirs in Mexico of 182000000000NaN0.[4] [5] Initial construction on the dam began in 1969 and foundation work in 1971. On May 8, 1974, the dam began to impound its reservoir.[6] On 14 July 1976, the dam's first generator went online.[7]
Notes and References
- Web site: Ramó. Domínguez Mora. [ftp://ftp.hamburg.baw.de/pub/Kfki/Bib/2009_IAHR_33rd/html/pdf/10117.pdf Operating Rules of Grijalva Dams in Mexico]. 33rd IAHR Congress: Water Engineering for a Sustainable Environment. International Association of Hydraulic Engineering & Research. 18 February 2012. Arganis Juárez . Maritza L. . Carrizosa Elizondo . Eliseo. 4199.
- Book: Likens. Gene E.. Lake ecosystem ecology : a global perspective. 2010. Academic. London. 978-0-12-382002-0. 330.
- Web site: Hydroelectric Power Plants in Mexico. Industcards. 26 January 2011.
- Web site: Field Measurements During Construction of La Angostura Dam. Storming Media. 30 January 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110629154145/http://www.stormingmedia.us/29/2983/E298306.html. 29 June 2011. dead.
- Web site: Belisario Domínguez (La Angostura) Reservoir in Mexico. Earth Snapshot. 30 January 2011. January 29, 2011.
- Web site: Chiapas presas. Historical Water Archive. 30 January 2011. Spanish. https://web.archive.org/web/20110817134300/http://antroglob.org/obara/apuntes/AHA_Presas.html#. 2011-08-17. dead.
- Web site: Hydroelectric . CFE . Spanish . 28 January 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110126213330/http://www.cfe.gob.mx/QuienesSomos/estadisticas/listadocentralesgeneradoras/Paginas/listadohidroelectricas.aspx . 26 January 2011 .
