Bayano dam

Coordinates: 9 ° 10 '31 "  N , 78 ° 53' 2.4"  W The Bayano dam is a dam of Rio Bayano in the province of Darien in Panama , of the Bayanosee dams. It was built in 1976, about 350 km² of rainforest were flooded and thousands of native people were resettled . The dam is the second largest power plant in Panama and produces most of the electricity for Panama City .

The installed capacity of the power plant is 260 MW . The average annual production fluctuates: it was 330 million kWh in 2003 and 754 million kWh in 2000 .

See also

• List of power plants in Panama

Web links

• Photo of Bayano Dam

Individual evidence

1. ^ Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, April 21, 2009, Report 58/09; Petition 12,354, Kuna of Madungandí and Emberá of Bayano Indigenous Peoples and Their Members, Panama, pg. 2. ( http://www.cidh.oas.org/annualrep/2009eng/Panama12354eng.htm )
2. ↑ Friar, William. Panama . Moon Publications (2008), p. 419. ISBN 1-59880-085-X .
3. ^ Bayano Hydroelectric Power Plant Panama. Global Energy Observatory, accessed July 28, 2017 .