Orellana dam

Orellana dam
	location
Coordinates	38 ° 59 '9 " N , 5 ° 32' 16" W Coordinates: 38 ° 59 '9 " N , 5 ° 32' 16" W.
country	Spain
place	Badajoz Province
Waters	Guadiana
Height upstream	318 m
	power plant
owner	Country
operator	Endesa
construction time	until 1963
	technology
Bottleneck performance	18 megawatts
	Others

The Orellana Dam ( Presa de Orellana in Spanish ) is a dam with hydroelectric power plant in the province of Badajoz , Spain . It dams the Guadiana , which forms the border between the municipalities of Campanario and Orellana la Vieja , into a reservoir. The dam is used to generate electricity as well as irrigation and drinking water supply. It was completed in 1961 (or 1963). 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 63 (or 63.5) m above the foundation base . The top of the wall is at a height of 320 m above sea level . The length of the top of the wall is 737 m. The volume of the dam is 521,110 m³.

The dam wall has both a bottom outlet and a flood relief . A maximum of 69 m³ / s can be discharged via the bottom outlet, and a maximum of 3300 m³ / s via the flood discharge. The design flood is 4400 m³ / s.

Reservoir

With the normal storage target of 318 m, the reservoir extends over an area of around 48.63 (or 55.57) km² and holds 808 (or 824) million m³ of water; 478 million m³ of this can be used. The reservoir extends over a length of 37 km.

power plant

The installed capacity of the power plant is 15 (or 18 or 18.53) MW . The machine house is located below the dam on the right side of the river. Another power plant with an installed capacity of 2 (or 3.65 or 4.5) MW is located on the irrigation canal that leads from the dam.

Web links

Commons : Orellana dam - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Presa de Orellana. www.iagua.es, accessed July 25, 2020 (Spanish).
↑ ^a ^b PRESA: ORELLANA. Sociedad Española de Presas y Embalses (SEPREM), accessed July 25, 2020 (Spanish).
↑ ^a ^b ^c Embalses. cprmerida.juntaextremadura.net, accessed July 25, 2020 (Spanish).
↑ Embalse: ORELLANA. www.embalses.net, accessed on July 25, 2020 (Spanish).
↑ ^a ^b ^c Embalse de Orellana. orellanalavieja.org, accessed July 25, 2020 (Spanish).
^ Presa del Embalse de Orellana. andaluciarustica.com, accessed July 25, 2020 (Spanish).
↑ ^a ^b Embalse de Orellana. www.iagua.es, accessed July 25, 2020 (Spanish).
↑ ^a ^b Red Elétrica de España. (PDF) www.chebro.es, April 14, 2015, p. 11 , accessed on July 25, 2020 (Spanish).
↑ España. Enel Green Power , accessed July 25, 2020 (Spanish).
↑ ^a ^b ^c Extremadura dispone de 14 centrales hidroeléctricas que suman 2,278 Mw de potencia. energiaextremadura.com, August 7, 2017, accessed July 25, 2020 (Spanish).

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[se-2] PRESA: ORELLANA. Sociedad Española de Presas y Embalses (SEPREM), accessed July 25, 2020 (Spanish).

[cpr-3] Embalses. cprmerida.juntaextremadura.net, accessed July 25, 2020 (Spanish).

[emb-4] Embalse: ORELLANA. www.embalses.net, accessed on July 25, 2020 (Spanish).

[oro-5] Embalse de Orellana. orellanalavieja.org, accessed July 25, 2020 (Spanish).

[an-6] Presa del Embalse de Orellana. andaluciarustica.com, accessed July 25, 2020 (Spanish).

[ia2-7] Embalse de Orellana. www.iagua.es, accessed July 25, 2020 (Spanish).

[che-8] Red Elétrica de España. (PDF) www.chebro.es, April 14, 2015, p. 11 , accessed on July 25, 2020 (Spanish).

[enel-9] España. Enel Green Power , accessed July 25, 2020 (Spanish).

[ene-10] Extremadura dispone de 14 centrales hidroeléctricas que suman 2,278 Mw de potencia. energiaextremadura.com, August 7, 2017, accessed July 25, 2020 (Spanish).