Quilleco power station
| Quilleco power station | ||
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| location | ||
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| Coordinates | 37 ° 20 ′ 10 ″ S , 71 ° 57 ′ 24 ″ W | |
| country |
 Chile
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| place | Region VIII | |
| Waters | Río de La Laja | |
| power plant | ||
| owner | Colbún SA | |
| operator | Colbún SA | |
| Start of operation | 2007 | |
| technology | ||
| Bottleneck performance | 71 megawatts | |
| Average height of fall |
59.4 m | |
| Expansion flow | 130 m³ / s | |
| Standard work capacity | 422 million kWh / year | |
| Turbines | Francis turbines 2 × 35.88 MW | |
| Others | ||
The Quilleco power plant ( Spanish Central [hidroeléctrica] Quilleco ) is a diversion power plant on the Río de La Laja in Chile . The power plant is located in Region VIII , about 35 km east of the city of Los Ángeles . Approx. 8 km upstream is the Rucúe power station .
Construction of the power plant began in January 2005. It went into operation in April 2007. The power plant is owned by Colbún SA and is also operated by Colbún.
Barrier structure
On the Río de La Laja , about 5 km below the outlet of the Antuco power plant, a dam was built that diverts the water of the Laja into a canal and leads to the Rucúe power plant about 15 km away . From the outlet of the Rucúe power plant, another channel (length 4.4 km) and then a tunnel (length 3.2 km) lead to the Quilleco power plant.
power plant
The Quilleco power plant has an installed capacity of 71 (or 70) MW . The average annual production is 422 million kWh . The two Francis turbines , each with a maximum output of 35.88 MW, were commissioned in 2007.
In the switchgear , the generator voltage is increased from 13.8 kV to 220 kV using power transformers. A 300 m long double line was set up as a connection to an existing line leading to the Charrúa substation .
The fall height is 59.4 m. The maximum flow is 130 m³ / s, the minimum is 50 m³ / s.
Others
The total cost of the power plant amounted to 79.6 million USD .
The Quilleco power plant is registered with the UNFCCC as Project 1265 .
Colbún SA has undertaken to ensure that the residual water volume in the Laja does not fall below 6 m³ / s on the route of the discharge channel. Local farmers complained, however, that due to the extraction of water from the power plant, river islands previously used for agriculture can no longer be cultivated.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c CHILE: Quilleco Hydropower Project (Trust Fund No. TF056272-CL) Report No. 63640-CL. (PDF; 310 KB; p. 4 (3), 12–14 (11–13)) Global Energy Observatory, August 31, 2011, accessed on May 16, 2015 (English).
- ↑ a b Quilleco. (No longer available online.) Colbún SA, archived from the original on May 28, 2015 ; Retrieved May 15, 2015 (Spanish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c d e f Quilleco Hydroelectric Power Plant Chile. Global Energy Observatory, accessed May 15, 2015 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g ROJECT DESIGN DOCUMENT FORM (CDM PDD) - Version 03.1. (PDF; 827 KB; pp. 2, 6, 36) (No longer available online.) DNV , March 7, 2007, archived from the original on May 18, 2015 ; accessed on May 16, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Project 1265: Chile: Quilleco Hydroelectric Project. UNFCCC , accessed May 16, 2015 .
