Nuevo Mundo Dam Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Estudios de Peligro, Vulnerabilidad y Riesgos Naturales. Acciones de La Defensa Civil. . Universidad de Matanzas . 30 April 2014 . 30 December 2015 . Microsoft Word download . Spanish . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151230114106/http://patriasimboloidentidad.umcc.cu/trabajos/2013/Aliuska%20Pe%C3%B1a.doc .
  2. Web site: Evaluación de la generación de la Pequeña Central Hidroeléctrica de Moa . Ciencia & Futuro . 30 April 2014. Spanish.