Portezuelo del Viento Dam (Mendoza, Argentina)

EProject render (link ‘info’).

Project duration: 5 years

BID Amount: $ 720 million

Install capacity: 210 MW
Annual generation: 884 GWh
Turbomachines: 3 Francis
Dam type: roller-compacted concrete (RCC)
Dam height: 607 ft (185 meters)
Reservoir capacity = 1,621,426 acre-ft (2000 Hm3)
Spilway discharge capacity = 56,503 cu ft/s (1600 m3/s)

Fiorella Di Lucente
Fiorella Di Lucente
Hydraulic engineer