El Quimbo Dam

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El Quimbo Dam is a large hydroelectric dam on the Magdalena River in Colombia, built to generate power and support the country’s energy supply.

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El Quimbo Dam canonical 1
Presa El Quimbo 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf gravity dam
hydroelectric dam
alsoKnownAs Presa El Quimbo
linked to: El Quimbo Dam
basinCountry Colombia
commissioningDate 2015
constructionBegan 2009
constructionImpacts archaeological site flooding
fish habitat alteration
constructionMethod concrete gravity structure
country Colombia
energySource hydropower
fundingSource private investment
gridConnection Colombian national grid
hasEnvironmentalLicense yes
hasSpillway yes
height about 151 m
impact displacement of local communities
environmental controversy
flooded agricultural land
installedCapacity 400 MW
languageOfLocality Spanish
length about 645 m
locatedIn Huila Department
locatedInContinent South America
locatedNear Garzón, Huila
Gigante, Huila
locatedOnRiver Magdalena River
nearbyDam Betania Dam
numberOfTurbines 2
openingDate 2015
operator Emgesa
ownedBy Emgesa
Enel Colombia
partOf Colombian national interconnected power system
plantType conventional hydroelectric power station
purpose electricity supply
energy security
power generation
regionServed Colombia
regulator ANLA (Autoridad Nacional de Licencias Ambientales)
Colombian Ministry of Environment
reservoirCapacity about 3,000,000,000 m³
reservoirName El Quimbo Reservoir
reservoirSurfaceArea about 8,250 ha
riverSystem Magdalena River basin
spillwayType gated overflow spillway
status operational
turbineType Francis turbine
upstreamFrom Betania Dam

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Huila Department contains El Quimbo Dam
El Quimbo Dam alsoKnownAs Presa El Quimbo
linked to: El Quimbo Dam