Serra da Mesa Dam

Serra da Mesa Dam
Serra da Mesa Dam is located in Brazil
Serra da Mesa Dam
Location of Serra da Mesa Dam in Brazil
Official nameUsina de Serra da Mesa
LocationMinaçu, Goiás, Brazil
Coordinates13°50′03″S 48°18′16″W / 13.83417°S 48.30444°W / -13.83417; -48.30444
Construction began1986
Opening date1998
Construction cost$1.1 billion USD
Operator(s)Eletrobrás Furnas
Dam and spillways
Type of damEmbankment
ImpoundsTocantins River
Height154 m (505 ft)
Length1,500 m (4,900 ft)
Dam volume12,057,558 m3 (425,808,600 cu ft)
Spillway typeService, gate-controlled
Spillway capacity15,000 m3/s (530,000 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
CreatesSerra da Mesa Reservoir
Total capacity54,400,000,000 m3 (44,100,000 acre⋅ft)
Surface area1,784 km2 (689 sq mi)
Power Station
Commission date1998
Turbines3 x Francis-type
Installed capacity1,275 MW (1,710,000 hp)
Annual generation6,300 GWh (23,000 TJ)

The Serra da Mesa Dam, once known as Sao Felix, is an embankment dam on the Tocantins River near Minaçu in Goiás, Brazil. The dam serves an associated hydroelectric power plant with a 1,275 megawatts (1,710,000 hp) installed capacity. The dam creates the largest reservoir by volume in Brazil.[1]

  1. ^ "Hydroelectric Power DA SERRA MESA (1.275MW)" (in Portuguese). Eletrobras Furnas. Retrieved 18 September 2010.