El Tambolar Dam (San Juan, Argentina)
Early stage of tunnels construction (river flow diversion), 2017.
BID Amount: $750 million
The project consists in a multi purpose dam on the San Juan river, Argentina, and will be the fourth dam built along the river.
Install capacity: 78 MW
Annual generation: 346.5 GWh
Turbomachines: 2 Francis
Dam type: Concrete face rockfill dam (CFRD)
Dam height: 272 ft (83 meters)
Dam lenght: 370 ft (113 meters)
Reservoir capacity = 490,482 acre-ft (605 Hm3)
Spilway discharge capacity = 162,448 cu ft/s (4600 m3/s)
