García de Sola dam

García de Sola dam
	location
Coordinates	39 ° 8 '40 " N , 5 ° 11' 4" W Coordinates: 39 ° 8 '40 " N , 5 ° 11' 4" W.
country	Spain
place	Badajoz Province
Waters	Guadiana
Height upstream	363 m
	power plant
owner	Country
operator	Endesa
construction time	until 1965
	technology
Bottleneck performance	55 megawatts
Turbines	3 × 18.53 MW
	Others

The García de Sola dam or Puerto Peña dam ( Spanish: Presa de García de Sola or Presa de Puerto Peña ) is a dam with hydropower plant in the municipality of Talarrubias , Badajoz province , Spain . It dams the Guadiana into a reservoir. The dam is used to generate electricity as well as irrigation and drinking water supply. It was completed in 1962 (or 1963 or 1965). The dam is state-owned and operated by Endesa Generacion SA .

Barrier structure

The barrier structure is a concrete gravity dam with a height of 64.9 (or 65 or 66) m above the foundation base . The top of the wall is at a height of 364 m above sea level . The length of the top of the wall is 245 m. The volume of the dam is 220,000 m³.

The dam wall has both a bottom outlet and a flood relief . A maximum of 76 m³ / s can be discharged via the bottom outlet, and a maximum of 4760 (or 4877) m³ / s via the flood discharge. The design flood is 4900 m³ / s.

Reservoir

With the normal storage target of 363 m, the reservoir extends over an area of around 33.35 (or 35.5 or 37.28) km² and holds 554 million m³ of water; 333 million m³ of this can be used. The reservoir extends over a length of 35.8 km.

power plant

The installed capacity of the power plant is 33 (or 55.2 55.5 or 65.4) MW . Each of the three turbines has a maximum output of 18.53 MW. The machine house is located below the dam on the left side of the river.

Web links

Commons : García de Sola dam - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Presa de Garcia De Sola. www.iagua.es, accessed July 23, 2020 (Spanish).
↑ ^a ^b ^c PRESA: GARCIA DE SOLA. Sociedad Española de Presas y Embalses (SEPREM), accessed July 23, 2020 (Spanish).
↑ ^a ^b Embalse: GARCIA DE SOLA. www.embalses.net, accessed on July 23, 2020 (Spanish).
↑ ^a ^b Presa del Embalse de García de Sola. andaluciarustica.com, accessed July 23, 2020 (Spanish).
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Presa del embalse de García de Sola o Puerto Peña. www.docomomoiberico.com, accessed July 23, 2020 (Spanish).
↑ ^a ^b Embalses. cprmerida.juntaextremadura.net, accessed July 23, 2020 (Spanish).
↑ ^a ^b Embalse de Garcia De Sola. www.iagua.es, accessed July 23, 2020 (Spanish).
↑ ^a ^b ^c EL PANTANO DE PUERTO PEÑA. alcazaba.unex.es, accessed July 23, 2020 (Spanish).
↑ Red Elétrica de España. (PDF) www.chebro.es, April 14, 2015, p. 11 , accessed on July 23, 2020 (Spanish).
↑ España. Enel Green Power , accessed July 23, 2020 (Spanish).
↑ Extremadura dispone de 14 centrales hidroeléctricas que suman 2,278 Mw de potencia. energiaextremadura.com, August 7, 2017, accessed July 23, 2020 (Spanish).

[ia1-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Presa de Garcia De Sola. www.iagua.es, accessed July 23, 2020 (Spanish).

[se-2] PRESA: GARCIA DE SOLA. Sociedad Española de Presas y Embalses (SEPREM), accessed July 23, 2020 (Spanish).

[emb-3] Embalse: GARCIA DE SOLA. www.embalses.net, accessed on July 23, 2020 (Spanish).

[an-4] Presa del Embalse de García de Sola. andaluciarustica.com, accessed July 23, 2020 (Spanish).

[do-5] Presa del embalse de García de Sola o Puerto Peña. www.docomomoiberico.com, accessed July 23, 2020 (Spanish).

[cpr-6] Embalses. cprmerida.juntaextremadura.net, accessed July 23, 2020 (Spanish).

[ia2-7] Embalse de Garcia De Sola. www.iagua.es, accessed July 23, 2020 (Spanish).

[al-8] EL PANTANO DE PUERTO PEÑA. alcazaba.unex.es, accessed July 23, 2020 (Spanish).

[che-9] Red Elétrica de España. (PDF) www.chebro.es, April 14, 2015, p. 11 , accessed on July 23, 2020 (Spanish).

[enel-10] España. Enel Green Power , accessed July 23, 2020 (Spanish).

[ene-11] Extremadura dispone de 14 centrales hidroeléctricas que suman 2,278 Mw de potencia. energiaextremadura.com, August 7, 2017, accessed July 23, 2020 (Spanish).