Nova Avanhandava Dam

Dam in Buritama, São Paulo
21°7′5.67″S 50°12′4.46″W / 21.1182417°S 50.2012389°W / -21.1182417; -50.2012389PurposePower, navigationStatusOperationalOpening date1982; 42 years ago (1982)Dam and spillwaysType of damEmbankment with gravity sectionsImpoundsTietê RiverHeight71 m (233 ft)Length2,038 m (6,686 ft)Spillway capacity7,948 m3/s (280,700 cu ft/s)ReservoirCreatesNova Avanhandava ReservoirTotal capacity2,830,000,000 m3 (2,290,000 acre⋅ft)Surface area210 km2 (81 sq mi)Normal elevation358 m (1,175 ft)Operator(s)AES TietêCommission date1982TypeConventionalHydraulic head29.7 m (97 ft)Turbines3 x 115.8 MW (155,300 hp) Kaplan-typeInstalled capacity347.4 MW (465,900 hp)

The Nova Avanhandava Dam is an embankment dam with gravity sections on the Tietê River about 8.5 km (5.3 mi) southwest of Buritama in São Paulo state of Brazil. It supports a 347.4 megawatts (465,900 hp) hydroelectric power station. The dam was completed in 1982 and its three 115.8 megawatts (155,300 hp) Kaplan turbine-generators were commissioned by the same year. It is owned and operated by AES Tietê. The dam also provides for navigation with two ship locks.[1]

References

  1. ^ "New Avanhandava" (in Portuguese). AES Tiete. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
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