Emborcação Dam

Emborcação Dam
Location of Emborcação Dam in Brazil
Official name	Usina de Emborcação
Location	Araguari, MG, Brazil
Coordinates	18°26′49″S 47°59′11″W
Construction began	1977
Opening date	1983
Construction cost	$380 million USD
Owner(s)	CEMIG
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Embankment
Impounds	Paranaíba River
Height	158 m (518 ft)
Length	1,507 m (4,944 ft)
Spillway type	Service, gate-controlled
Reservoir
Creates	Emborcação Reservoir
Total capacity	17.6 km^3 (14,300,000 acre⋅ft)
Surface area	703 km^2 (271 sq mi)
Power Station
Commission date	1982-1983
Type	Conventional
Turbines	4 x Francis turbines
Installed capacity	1,192 MW (1,598,000 hp)

The Emborcação Dam, also known as Theodomiro Santiago, is an embankment dam on the Paranaíba River near Araguari in Minas Gerais, Brazil. It was constructed for hydroelectric power production and flood control.

Background

Feasibility studies for the dam occurred in 1971 and in June 1977, construction on the dam began. In August 1981, the dam began to impound the reservoir and the first generator became operation in 1982, the last in 1983. The dam was inaugurated in 1983 by Brazilian president João Batista Figueiredo.[1]

Dam

The dam is 1,507 metres (4,944 ft) long and 158 metres (518 ft) tall and withholds a reservoir with a capacity of 17.6 cubic kilometres (14,300,000 acre⋅ft) and surface area of 703 square kilometres (271 sq mi).

Emborcação Hydroelectric Power Plant

The dam's power plant contains four 298 megawatts (400,000 hp) generators powered by Francis turbines for a total installed capacity of 1,192 megawatts (1,598,000 hp).[2][3]

See also

• List of power stations in Brazil

References

1. "Plant Emborcação celebrates 25 years". CEMIG. 2008-03-06. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
2. "Cemig's Power Plants". CEMIG. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
3. "Hydroelectric Plants in Brazil - Minas Gerais". industCards. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2010.