Neuvo Mundo Dam | |
Name Official: | Presa Neuvo Mundo |
Location Map: | Cuba |
Coordinates: | 20.5581°N -74.9804°W |
Country: | Cuba |
Location: | Moa, Holguín Province |
Purpose: | Water supply, power |
Status: | O |
Dam Type: | Embankment |
Dam Crosses: | Moa River |
Dam Height: | 75.5m (247.7feet) |
Res Capacity Total: | 141000000m2 |
Res Catchment: | 112km2 |
Plant Commission: | 2010 |
Plant Turbines: | 2 x 1 MW horizontal Francis-type |
Plant Capacity: | 2 MW |
Plant Annual Gen: | 16 GWh |
The Nuevo Mundo Dam is an embankment dam on the Moa River about 12km (07miles) south of Moa in Holguín Province, Cuba. The purpose of the dam is municipal water supply and hydroelectric power generation. The 75.5m (247.7feet) tall dam was completed in 1985.[1] The 2 MW power station at the base of the dam was commissioned in 2010.[2]