Location Cuilapa (Santa Rosa) Impounds Los Esclavos River Impound Los Esclavos River | Opening date 1966 Total capacity 225,000 m | |
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Official name Planta Hidroeléctrica Los Esclavos | ||
The Los Esclavos Dam (Spanish: Planta Hidroeléctrica Los Esclavos) is a reinforced concrete gravity dam and power plant spanning the Los Esclavos River in the town of Los Esclavos, in Cuilapa, Escuintla, Guatemala.
Map of Los Esclavos Dam, Los Esclavos, Guatemala
The dam's reservoir has a total capacity of 225,000 m3. The water is transported to the powerhouse through a 1.33 km long channel and a 175 m long pressure pipe. The plant has 2 × 7 MW Francis turbines, with a total installed capacity of 14 MW. The plant has a net level declination of 108 m, and a designed flow of 7.68 m3/s per unit.
The plant's total power generation between 1966 and 2006 was 1,947.05 GWh, which amounts to an average annual power generation of 48.68 GWh.
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