| Teles Pires Dam | |
|---|---|
  Location of the Teles Pires Dam in Brazil | |
| Official name | Usina Hidrelétrica Teles Pires |
| Location | Paranaíta, Mato Grosso and Pará, Brazil |
| Coordinates | 9°20′26″S 56°46′37″W / 9.34056°S 56.77694°W |
| Construction began | July 2011 |
| Opening date | September 2016[1] |
| Construction cost | US$1.62 billion (R$ 3.3 billion) |
| Owner(s) | Iberdrola Neoenergia Iberdrola |
| Operator(s) | Iberdrola Neoenergia Iberdrola |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | Gravity, composite |
| Impounds | Teles Pires |
| Height | 80 m (262 ft) |
| Length | 860 m (2,822 ft) |
| Spillway type | Gate-controlled |
| Spillway capacity | 13,704 m3/s (483,952 cu ft/s) |
| Reservoir | |
| Total capacity | 0.99722 km3 (997,220,000 m3) |
| Surface area | 151 km2 (58 sq mi) |
| Maximum water depth | 6.6 m (22 ft) (average) |
| Normal elevation | 220 m (722 ft) |
| Power Station | |
| Operator(s) | ANEEL |
| Hydraulic head | 54.57 m (179 ft) |
| Turbines | 5 x 364 MW (488,000 hp) vertical Francis turbines |
| Installed capacity | 1,820 MW (2,440,000 hp) |
| Website www | |
| River flow 2261 m3/s average | |
The Teles Pires Dam is a run-of-the-river hydroelectric dam on the Teles Pires River, 330 km (205 mi) upstream of the confluence with the Tapajós river, on the border of the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Pará. The 80-metre (260 ft) dam impounds a 150-square-kilometre (58 sq mi) reservoir (55 square kilometres (21 sq mi) original riverbed and 95 square kilometres (37 sq mi) inundated area), 84% in Mato Grosso state (Paranaíta district) and 16% in Para state (Jacareacanga district).[2]
The dam is part of a planned six-power-plant "Hidrovia Tapajos/Teles Pires" project to create a navigable waterway connecting the interior of Brazil to the Atlantic Ocean. The waterway will consist of six dams on the Teles Pires river—the 53-megawatt (71,000 hp) Magessi Dam, 430-megawatt (580,000 hp) Sinop Dam, 342-megawatt (459,000 hp) Colider Dam, 1,820-megawatt (2,440,000 hp) Teles Pires Dam, and 746-megawatt (1,000,000 hp) Sao Manoel Dam—and the 230-megawatt (310,000 hp) Foz do Apiacas Dam on the Apiacas river. Smaller upstream dams are still in the planning stages.[3]
- ^ Iberdola: Iberdola commissions Teles Pires hydroelectric power plant in Brazil
- ^ "Hidreletrica Teles Pires Mato Grosso – Brasil" (in Portuguese). Neoenergia. Archived from the original on 30 May 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ^ "Hidrovia Tajpos/Teles Pires" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2012.