Dam Guijo de Granadilla
| Dam Guijo de Granadilla | ||
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| Coordinates | 40 ° 10 ′ 49 " N , 6 ° 8 ′ 32" W | |
| country |
 Spain
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| place | Province of Cáceres | |
| Waters | Alagón | |
| Height upstream | 329 m | |
| power plant | ||
| owner | Iberdrola | |
| operator | Iberdrola | |
| construction time | until 1982 | |
| technology | ||
| Bottleneck performance | 52 megawatts | |
| Average height of fall |
25 m | |
| Expansion flow | 240 m³ / s | |
| Others | ||
The Guijo de Granadilla Dam ( Presa de Guijo de Granadilla in Spanish ) is a dam with hydropower plant in the municipality of Guijo de Granadilla , Cáceres Province , Spain . It dams the Alagón to a reservoir. The dam is used to generate electricity. It was completed in 1982. The dam is owned and operated by Iberdrola Generacion SA .
Barrier structure
The barrier structure is a concrete gravity dam with a height of 48 (or 51.5) m above the foundation base . The top of the wall is at a height of 332 m above sea level . The length of the top of the wall is 210 m. The volume of the dam is 95,410 m³.
The dam wall has both a bottom outlet and a flood relief . A maximum of 16 m³ / s can be discharged via the bottom outlet, and a maximum of 2020 (or 2200) m³ / s via the flood discharge. The design flood is 2000 m³ / s.
Reservoir
With the normal storage target of 329 m, the reservoir extends over an area of around 1.24 km² and holds 13 (or 14) million m³ of water; 3 million m³ of this can be used to generate electricity.
power plant
The installed capacity of the power plant is 48.6 (or 52 or 53) MW . The power plant can be operated as a pumped storage power plant. The maximum power consumption in pumping operation is 50 MW. The fall height is 25 m. The maximum flow rate is 240 m³ / s. The machine house is in the middle of the dam.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Presa de Guijo De Granadilla. www.iagua.es, accessed July 21, 2020 (Spanish).
- ↑ a b c PRESA: GUIJO DE GRANADILLA. Sociedad Española de Presas y Embalses (SEPREM), accessed July 21, 2020 (Spanish).
- ↑ a b Embalse: GUIJO DE GRANADILLA. www.embalses.net, accessed on July 21, 2020 (Spanish).
- ↑ a b Presa del Embalse de Guijo de Granadilla. andaluciarustica.com, accessed July 21, 2020 (Spanish).
- ↑ a b Embalse de Guijo De Granadilla. www.iagua.es, accessed July 21, 2020 (Spanish).
- ↑ a b Aprovechamientos hidroeléctricos. Confederación Hidrográfica del Tajo, accessed July 21, 2020 (Spanish).
- ↑ a b Red Elétrica de España. (PDF) www.chebro.es, April 14, 2015, pp. 9, 16 , accessed on July 21, 2020 (Spanish).
- ↑ Extremadura dispone de 14 centrales hidroeléctricas que suman 2,278 Mw de potencia. energiaextremadura.com, August 7, 2017, accessed July 22, 2020 (Spanish).
- ↑ FACILITIES MAP AND MAIN OPERATIONAL DATA -> Installed Capacity -> Spain -> Hydroelectric -> Estremadura -> Cáceres. Iberdrola , accessed July 21, 2020 (Spanish).
