Tucuruí Dam
Tucuruí Dam is a hydroelectric power plant located in Brazil on the Tocantins River. The total length of the dam is 12.5 kilometers including auxiliary dams, the main part is then 6.9 kilometers long.
The dam is partly concrete and partly sprinkled. The broken concrete part consists of a spillway dam and two dams with power plants. The dam is 78 meters high above the terrain, but if we include the depth of the foundations, its total height is then 106 meters. The lake, which was created by damming, has an area of 2,850 km2 and a volume of 45.5 km3.
The first power plant, which is located between the spillway part and the second of the power plants, has installed 12 units with an output of 350 MW and two smaller operating units with an output of 2 x 22.5 MW. The second-generation power plant has 11 units installed, but in this case with an output of 375 MW.
technical parameters Tucuruí Dam
Name | Usina Hidrelétrica de Tucuruí |
Location | Tucuruí, Pará, Brazil |
Construction cost | $5.5 billion, $7.5 with accrued interest |
Operator | Eletronorte |
Construction began | 1975 |
Opening date | 1984 |
Type of dam | Concrete gravity |
Length |
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Height | 78 m (256 ft) |
Impounds | Tocantins River |
Spillway capacity | 110,000 m3/s (3,900,000 cu ft/s) |
Spillway type | Service, Creager-type, gate-controlled |
Reservoir capacity | 45 km3 (36,000,000 acre⋅ft) |
Surface area | 2,850 km2 (1,100 sq mi) |
Max. water depth | 72 m (236 ft) |
Turbines |
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Annual generation | 21.4 TWh (77 PJ) |
Installed capacity | 8,370 MW (11,220,000 hp) |
Tucuruí Dam
Tucuruí dam installed capacity
Tucuruí dam installed capacity is 8,370 MW (11,220,000 hp).