Governor Bento Munhoz da Rocha Netto Dam | |
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Official name | Governor Bento Munhoz da Rocha Netto Hydroelectric Plant |
Location | Foz do Areia, Paraná, Brazil |
Coordinates | 26°00′34″S 51°40′00″W / 26.00944°S 51.66667°W |
Construction began | 1976 |
Opening date | 1980 |
Owner(s) | Copel |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Embankment; concrete face, rock-fill |
Impounds | Iguazu River |
Height | 160 m (520 ft) |
Length | 828 m (2,717 ft) |
Dam volume | 14,138,000 m3 (499,300,000 cu ft) |
Spillway type | Service, controlled chute |
Spillway capacity | 11,000 m3/s (390,000 cu ft/s) |
Reservoir | |
Creates | Governor Bento Munhoz da Rocha Netto Reservoir |
Total capacity | 6,066,000 dam3 (4,918,000 acre⋅ft) |
Surface area | 167 km2 (64 sq mi) |
Power Station | |
Commission date | 1980 |
Turbines | 4 x 310 MW (420,000 hp) Francis turbines |
Installed capacity | 1,676 MW (2,248,000 hp) |
Annual generation | 4,002 GWh (14,410 TJ) |
The Governor Bento Munhoz da Rocha Netto Hydroelectric Plant, formerly known as Foz do Areia, is dam and hydroelectric power plant on the Iguazu River near Foz do Areia in Paraná, Brazil. It is the furthest dam upstream of the Iguazu Falls and was constructed between 1976 and 1980.[1][2] The power station has a 1,676 megawatts (2,248,000 hp) capacity and is supplied with water by a concrete face rock-fill embankment dam.
As their main power plant, it is owned and operated by Copel who renamed it after Bento Munhoz da Rocha Netto, governor of Paraná between 1951 and 1955.[3]