Machupicchu hydropower plant
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| Coordinates | 13 ° 10 ′ 30 ″ S , 72 ° 33 ′ 32 ″ W | ||
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 Peru
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| place | Cusco region | ||
| Waters | Río Urubamba | ||
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| Type | Hydroelectric power plant | ||
| power | 188 MW | ||
| operator | EGEMSA | ||
| Start of operations | 2001 (phase I), 2014 (phase II) | ||
| turbine | 3 Pelton turbines á 30 MW, 1 Francis turbine á 98 MW |
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 View upriver: weir with sedimentation basin and inlet structure |
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The Machupicchu hydropower plant is located in the Andes on the Río Urubamba in the central south of Peru , 75 km northwest of Cusco . The power plant is located in the Machupicchu district in the far west of the Urubamba province ( Cusco region ). The plant is operated by EGEMSA (Empresa de Generación Eléctrica Machupicchu SA).
Hydroelectric power plant
The hydropower plant is located in the immediate vicinity of the ruined city of Machu Picchu . The power plant went into operation in 1955 with a 20 MW Francis turbine . A second 20 MW Francis turbine followed in 1963, and in 1985 three 22.4 MW Pelton turbines . At an upstream weir ( ⊙ ), the river water is directed into several settling basins. It then goes through a 3.3 km long tunnel that leads through the left side of the slope to two pressure lines that end in an underground machine house .
In February 1998 the power plant had to be shut down due to landslides and floods. In a first phase, the old turbines were replaced by three Pelton turbines, each with an output of 30 MW. A 2 km long discharge tunnel with a 5 m diameter was newly constructed. In 2001 the work was completed and the power plant was able to be put back into operation. The net height of fall is 345 m.
In the years 2009-2013 the power plant was expanded by a unit (Machupicchu II) as part of a second construction phase, which has a separate feed tunnel, its own engine room with a 98 MW Francis turbine and a separate discharge tunnel. The expansion water volume of the two power plant units is 30 m³ / s each.
In 2015, the Santa Teresa hydropower plant went into operation just under 6 km downstream . This uses the turbine water from the Machupicchu I and II units. A third construction phase (Machupicchu III) is planned for the Machupicchu hydropower plant.
Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap
Individual evidence
- ↑ Machu Picchu Hydroelectric Power Plant . www.gym.com.pe. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
- ↑ a b Machupicchu HPP (Peru) . www.lombardi.ch. Retrieved December 28, 2019.