Ituango Dam information

Ituango Dam
Ituango Dam
	Construction site in 2014
	Location of Ituango Dam in Colombia
Official name	Pescadero-Ituango "José Tejada Sáenz"
Country	Colombia
Location	Ituango
Coordinates	7°07′50.04″N 75°39′48.7″W / 7.1305667°N 75.663528°W
Status	Under construction
Construction began	2011
Opening date	2022 (2 turbines))
Construction cost	US$3.8 billion
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Embankment, earth-fill clay core
Impounds	Cauca River
Height	225 m (738 ft)
Dam volume	19,000,000 m3 (670,000,000 cu ft)
Spillway type	Service, gate controlled
Spillway capacity	22,600 m3/s (800,000 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
Total capacity	2,720,000,000 m3 (2,210,000 acre⋅ft)
Active capacity	980,000,000 m3 (790,000 acre⋅ft)
Surface area	38 km2 (15 sq mi)
Maximum length	127 km (79 mi)
Power Station
Operator(s)	EPM Ituango
Hydraulic head	197 m (646 ft) (nominal)
Turbines	8 x 307 MW (412,000 hp) Francis type
Installed capacity	2,456 MW (3,294,000 hp) (planned)
Annual generation	9,200 GWh (33,000 TJ) (firm)
	Website; http://www.hidroituango.com.co (Spanish)

The Ituango Dam, also referred to as the Pescadero-Ituango Dam or Hidroituango, is an embankment dam currently under construction on the Cauca River near Ituango in Antioquia Department, Colombia. The primary purpose of the project is hydroelectric power generation and its power plant will have an installed capacity of 2,456 megawatts (3,294,000 hp) if completed. Preliminary construction on the dam began in September 2011 and the power plant was expected to begin operations in late 2018, but will not after heavy rainfall and landslides in April/May 2018 blocked the river's diversion tunnel, threatening a breach of the dam.^[2] If completed, it will be the largest power station in Colombia.^[3]

^ "Primera turbina de Hidroituango empieza a operar el 30 de noviembre: Irene Vélez". 18 October 2022.
^ "Chadbourne Represented EPM Ituango in BOOMT Contract for the 2400 MW Hidroituango Project". 28 April 2011. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
^ "China, South Korea companies in race for Colombia hydropower deal". Colombia Reports. 3 February 2010. Archived from the original on 21 September 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2011.

[1] "Primera turbina de Hidroituango empieza a operar el 30 de noviembre: Irene Vélez". 18 October 2022.

[2] "Chadbourne Represented EPM Ituango in BOOMT Contract for the 2400 MW Hidroituango Project". 28 April 2011. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2011.

[3] "China, South Korea companies in race for Colombia hydropower deal". Colombia Reports. 3 February 2010. Archived from the original on 21 September 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2011.

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