Colbún Dam

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Colbún Dam is a major hydroelectric dam in Chile that generates power from the Maule River and plays a key role in the country’s energy supply.

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Label Occurrences
Colbún Dam canonical 3

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf gravity dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
basinCountry Chile ⓘ
commissioningDate 1985 ⓘ
constructionBegan 1980 ⓘ
country Chile ⓘ
countrySubdivision Maule Region ⓘ
createsReservoir Colbún Lake ⓘ
energySource hydropower ⓘ
gridConnection Chilean national grid ⓘ
hasFunction base load support ⓘ
peak load generation ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
height 116 m ⓘ
impounds Maule River ⓘ
installedCapacity 400 MW ⓘ
length 474 m ⓘ
locatedIn Maule Region ⓘ
central Chile ⓘ
locatedNear Colbún, Chile ⓘ
Linares, Chile ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Maule River ⓘ
namedAfter Colbún ⓘ
nearbyCity Linares ⓘ
Talca ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 2 ⓘ
openingDate 1985 ⓘ
operator Colbún S.A. ⓘ
owner Colbún S.A. ⓘ
partOf Maule River hydropower system ⓘ
plantType conventional hydroelectric power plant ⓘ
playsRoleIn Chile energy supply ⓘ
electricity generation in Chile ⓘ
purpose hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
power generation ⓘ
regionServed central Chile ⓘ
reservoirMaxLength about 25 km ⓘ
reservoirName Colbún Lake ⓘ
reservoirSurfaceArea about 57 km² ⓘ
reservoirTotalCapacity about 1.5 km³ ⓘ
reservoirUse hydroelectric power ⓘ
irrigation support ⓘ
spillwayType gated overflow ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
turbineType Francis turbine ⓘ
watercourse Maule River ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maule River → hydropowerPlant → Colbún Dam ⓘ
Colbún → hasNearbyInfrastructure → Colbún Dam ⓘ
Colbún Lake → createdBy → Colbún Dam ⓘ