Country Mexico Status In use Height 149 m (489 ft) | Location La Unión, Guerrero Opening date 1965 | |
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Official name Presa Adolfo López Mateos Address Coahuayutla de José María Izazaga, GRO, Mexico Owner Federal Electricity Commission Similar Chicoasén Dam, Malpaso Dam, El Cajón Dam, Aguamilpa Dam, La Yesca Dam | ||
The Infiernillo Dam ("Little hell"), also known as Adolfo López Mateos Dam, is an embankment dam on the Balsas River near La Unión, Guerrero, Mexico. The dam supports a hydroelectric power station containing six turbine-generators for a total installed capacity of 1,120 MW. The dam is 149 m (489 ft) high, 344 m (1,129 ft) long and is owned by Comisión Federal de Electricidad. Its first generator was operational on January 25, 1965.
Placement of the dam embankment began in August 1962, and on December 7, 1963, the dam was topped off. The diversion tunnels were closed and the reservoir began to fill on June 15, 1964.
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