Hidroeléctrica Cerrón Grande
| Hidroeléctrica Cerrón Grande | |||
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| Coordinates | 13 ° 56 '24 " N , 88 ° 54' 1" W | ||
| country | El Salvador | ||
| Waters | Río Lempa | ||
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| Type | Run-of-river power plant | ||
| Primary energy | water | ||
| power | 170 MW | ||
| operator | Ejecutiva Hidroeléctrica del Río Lempa | ||
| Start of operations | 1976 | ||
| turbine | 2 Francis turbines | ||
Hidroeléctrica Cerrón Grande is a hydropower plant in the river basin of the Río Lempa in El Salvador . The operator is the Ejecutiva Hidroeléctrica del Río Lempa .
description
The water reservoir ( Embalse Cerrón Grande ), also known as Lake Suchitlán, is located around 70 kilometers northeast of the capital San Salvador in the Chalatenango department and extends over an area of around 135 km² and holds 218 million m³ of water. It is the largest pent-up body of water in El Salvador.
The dam wall with a dam height of 90 meters and a length of 800 m was completed in 1976. The hydropower plant was initially equipped with two Francis turbines with an output of 67.5 MW each. Between 2003 and 2007 the electrical equipment, transformers and turbines were renewed and replaced by more powerful generators. The installed capacity is 170 MW and produces around 488 GWh of electrical energy annually.
Web links
- Hidroeléctrica Cerrón Grande with pictures (Spanish; PDF; 333 kB)
- Comisión Ejecutiva Hidroeléctrica del Río Lempa (Spanish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) ( Memento from September 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (English; PDF; 2.1 MB)