Gouvães Dam
Gouvães Dam | |
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Official name | Barragem de Gouvães |
Country | Portugal |
Location | municipality Vila Pouca de Aguiar, Vila Real District |
Coordinates | 41°29′39″N 7°43′38″W / 41.49417°N 7.72722°W |
Purpose | Power |
Status | Operational |
Opening date | 2022 |
Dam and spillways | |
Impounds | Torno River |
Installed capacity | 880 MW (1,180,000 hp) |
Annual generation | 1468 Gwh |
Gouvães Dam (Portuguese: Barragem de Gouvães) is a rockfield dam on the Torno River. It is located in the municipality Vila Pouca de Aguiar, in Vila Real District, Portugal and it is part of the wider Tâmega Electricity-Generating Group formed of three dams and three plants[1]
Iberdrola signed a 70-year concession with the Government of Portugal in July 2014 for the design, construction and operation of three projects: Alto Tâmega, Daivões and Gouvães dams.[2]
Construction of the dam completed in July 2022.[3]
Dam
[edit]Gouvães Dam is 35 metres (115 ft) tall.[4]
Reservoir
[edit]The reservoir surface area for the dam has 3.4 km2 (1.3 sq mi).[4]
Power plant
[edit]The generating unit of the dam consists of four 220MW reversible turbine units with a diameter of 3,500 mm (140 in) and speed of 600rpm and producing 1468 GWh of electricity a year.
The maximum discharge capacity of the spillway located on the left of Gouvães dam is of 67 m3/s (2,400 cu ft/s). The dam also includes 6.5 km (4.0 mi) of tunnels along with a 750 metres (2,460 ft) shaft. The penstock is a concrete tunnel with a length of 4.7 km (2.9 mi) and diameter of 7.3 m (24 ft).[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Tamega Project". Iberdrola. Archived from the original on 2023-03-30. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ^ "Financing sought for Tamega river complex". Hydropower Dams. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ^ "Iberdrola inaugura pilha gigante". Público. 18 July 2022. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ^ a b c "NS Energy - Tamega River Hydropower Complex". NS Energy. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
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