Saucelle dam

Saucelle dam
	location
Coordinates	41 ° 2 '50 " N , 6 ° 48' 15" W Coordinates: 41 ° 2 '50 " N , 6 ° 48' 15" W.
country	Spain
place	Salamanca Province
Waters	Duero
Height upstream	190 m
	power plant
owner	Iberdrola
operator	Iberdrola
construction time	1948 to 1956
	technology
Bottleneck performance	520 megawatts
Standard work capacity	900 million kWh / year
Turbines	4 × 60; 2 × 142.5 MW
	Others

The dam Saucelle ( Spanish Presa de Saucelle ) is a dam with hydroelectric power plant in the town of Saucelle , Salamanca Province , Spain . It dams the Duero , which forms the border with Portugal here, into a reservoir. The dam is used to generate electricity. Construction began in 1948 (or 1950); it was completed in 1956. The dam is owned and operated by Iberdrola Generacion SA .

Barrier structure

The barrier structure is a concrete gravity dam with a height of 83 m above the foundation level . The top of the wall is at a height of 195 m above sea level . The length of the top of the wall is 180 (or 189) m. The volume of the dam is 233,570 m³.

The dam wall has both a bottom outlet and a flood relief . A maximum of 194 m³ / s can be discharged via the bottom outlet, and a maximum of 12,399 (or 12,940) m³ / s via the flood discharge. The design flood is 12,500 m³ / s.

Reservoir

With the normal storage target of 188 (or 190) m, the reservoir extends over an area of around 5.82 (or 5.89) km² and holds 182 million m³ of water; 68 million m³ of this can be used to generate electricity.

power plant

The installed capacity of the power plant with six Francis turbines is 520 (or 525) MW . The average annual production is given as 900 million kWh . The first four machines with an output of 60 MW each went into operation in 1956 (Saucelle I); the remaining two with an output of 142.5 MW each were put into operation in 1985 (and 1989) (Saucelle II).

The machine house of Saucelle I is about 100 m downstream on the left bank of the river, the machine house of Saucelle II is about 800 m downstream at the confluence of the Río Huebra into the Duero.

Web links

Commons : Saucelle Dam - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

↑ According to Iberdrola , the installed power of the four turbines of Saucelle I together is 251 MW and that of the two turbines of Saucelle II together is 269 MW.

Individual evidence

↑ EL ARCHIVO HISTÓRICO DE IBERDROLA Y LA INDUSTRIA ELÉCTRICA EN ESPAÑA: FONDOS PARA LA INVESTIGACIÓN HISTÓRICA. (PDF) www.usc.es, September 1, 2005, p. 7 , accessed July 10, 2020 (Spanish).
↑ ^a ^b Las 10 mayores centrales hidroeléctricas de España. El Periódico de la Energía, July 13, 2015, accessed July 10, 2020 (Spanish).
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Salamanca, líder nacional en producción hidroeléctrica. salamancartvaldia.es, February 12, 2018, accessed July 10, 2020 (Spanish).
↑ ^a ^b ^c Saucelle Hydroelectric Power Plant Spain. Global Energy Observatory (GEO), accessed July 10, 2020 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Presa de Saucelle. www.iagua.es, accessed July 10, 2020 (Spanish).
↑ ^a ^b ^c PRESA: SAUCELLE. Sociedad Española de Presas y Embalses (SEPREM), accessed July 10, 2020 (Spanish).
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Embalse de Saucelle. www.iagua.es, accessed July 10, 2020 (Spanish).
↑ FACILITIES MAP AND MAIN OPERATIONAL DATA -> Installed Capacity -> Spain -> Hydroelectric -> Castilla y León -> Salamanca. Iberdrola , accessed July 10, 2020 (Spanish).
↑ Los seis saltos del Duero que no te puedes perder: Saucelle, Aldeadávila, Almendra, Ricobayo, Villalcampo y El Castro. www.viajesyrutas.es, accessed July 10, 2020 (Spanish).
↑ Presa de Aldeadávila: la colosal obra salmantina que lidera la energía hidroeléctrica. www.tribunasalamanca.com, June 19, 2019, accessed July 10, 2020 (Spanish).

[KW1-11] According to Iberdrola , the installed power of the four turbines of Saucelle I together is 251 MW and that of the two turbines of Saucelle II together is 269 MW.

[usc-1] EL ARCHIVO HISTÓRICO DE IBERDROLA Y LA INDUSTRIA ELÉCTRICA EN ESPAÑA: FONDOS PARA LA INVESTIGACIÓN HISTÓRICA. (PDF) www.usc.es, September 1, 2005, p. 7 , accessed July 10, 2020 (Spanish).

[elpe-2] Las 10 mayores centrales hidroeléctricas de España. El Periódico de la Energía, July 13, 2015, accessed July 10, 2020 (Spanish).

[sa-3] Salamanca, líder nacional en producción hidroeléctrica. salamancartvaldia.es, February 12, 2018, accessed July 10, 2020 (Spanish).

[geo-4] Saucelle Hydroelectric Power Plant Spain. Global Energy Observatory (GEO), accessed July 10, 2020 .

[ia-5] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Presa de Saucelle. www.iagua.es, accessed July 10, 2020 (Spanish).

[se-6] PRESA: SAUCELLE. Sociedad Española de Presas y Embalses (SEPREM), accessed July 10, 2020 (Spanish).

[ia2-7] Embalse de Saucelle. www.iagua.es, accessed July 10, 2020 (Spanish).

[ib-8] FACILITIES MAP AND MAIN OPERATIONAL DATA -> Installed Capacity -> Spain -> Hydroelectric -> Castilla y León -> Salamanca. Iberdrola , accessed July 10, 2020 (Spanish).

[via-9] Los seis saltos del Duero que no te puedes perder: Saucelle, Aldeadávila, Almendra, Ricobayo, Villalcampo y El Castro. www.viajesyrutas.es, accessed July 10, 2020 (Spanish).

[tr-10] Presa de Aldeadávila: la colosal obra salmantina que lidera la energía hidroeléctrica. www.tribunasalamanca.com, June 19, 2019, accessed July 10, 2020 (Spanish).