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Nova Avanhandava Dam

Coordinates: 21°7′5.67″S 50°12′4.46″W / 21.1182417°S 50.2012389°W / -21.1182417; -50.2012389
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Nova Avanhandava Dam
Nova Avanhandava Dam is located in Brazil
Nova Avanhandava Dam
Location of Nova Avanhandava Dam in Brazil
Official nameBarragem Nova Avanhandava
CountryBrazil
LocationBuritama, São Paulo
Coordinates21°7′5.67″S 50°12′4.46″W / 21.1182417°S 50.2012389°W / -21.1182417; -50.2012389
PurposePower, navigation
StatusOperational
Opening date1982; 42 years ago (1982)
Dam and spillways
Type of damEmbankment with gravity sections
ImpoundsTietê River
Height71 m (233 ft)
Length2,038 m (6,686 ft)
Spillway capacity7,948 m3/s (280,700 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
CreatesNova Avanhandava Reservoir
Total capacity2,830,000,000 m3 (2,290,000 acre⋅ft)
Surface area210 km2 (81 sq mi)
Normal elevation358 m (1,175 ft)
Operator(s)AES Tietê
Commission date1982
TypeConventional
Hydraulic head29.7 m (97 ft)
Turbines3 x 115.8 MW (155,300 hp) Kaplan-type
Installed capacity347.4 MW (465,900 hp)

The Nova Avanhandava Dam is an embankment dam with gravity sections on the Tietê River about 8.5 km (5.3 mi) southwest of Buritama in São Paulo state of Brazil. It supports a 347.4 megawatts (465,900 hp) hydroelectric power station. The dam was completed in 1982 and its three 115.8 megawatts (155,300 hp) Kaplan turbine-generators were commissioned by the same year. It is owned and operated by AES Tietê. The dam also provides for navigation with two ship locks.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "New Avanhandava" (in Portuguese). AES Tiete. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
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