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Caruachi Dam
Caruachi Dam is located in Venezuela
Caruachi Dam
Location of Caruachi Dam in Venezuela
LocationBolívar, Venezuela
Coordinates08°09′36″N 62°47′55″W / 8.16000°N 62.79861°W / 8.16000; -62.79861
Construction began1998
Opening date31 March 2006
Construction costUS$ 2.1 billion
Owner(s)CVG Electrification del Caroni CA
Dam and spillways
Type of damConcrete gravity dam/embankment
ImpoundsCaroni River
Height55 m (180 ft)
Length5,728 m (18,793 ft)[1]
Dam volume11,000,000 m3 (390,000,000 cu ft)
Spillway typeService, gate-controlled
Spillway capacity30,000 m3/s (1,100,000 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
CreatesCaruachi Reservoir
Total capacity3,520,000,000 m3 (2,850,000 acre⋅ft)
Surface area238 km2 (92 sq mi)
Power Station
Commission date2003-2010
Turbines12 × 180 MW (240,000 hp) Kaplan-type[2]
Installed capacity2,160 MW (2,900,000 hp)
Annual generation12,000 GWh (43,000 TJ)

The Caruachi Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Caroní River in Bolivar state, Venezuela. It supports a hydroelectric power facility with a 2,160 megawatts (2,900,000 hp) capacity. It is about 59 kilometres (37 mi) downstream from the Guri Dam belonging to the Central Hidroeléctrica Simón Bolívar, and about 35 kilometres (22 mi) from where the Caroni and Orinoco rivers meet at Ciudad Guayana.[3]

  1. ^ "Dams - Caruachi". Covenpre VENCOLD. Archived from the original on 2 February 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference P-TECH was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Official site of EDELCA and the Caruachi Project Archived October 16, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, published 2007, accessed 2007-11-23

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