Binga Dam

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Binga Dam is a major hydroelectric dam in the Philippines that harnesses the flow of the Agno River for power generation and water management.

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Binga Dam canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf gravity dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
affects downstream communities along the Agno River ⓘ
basinCountry Philippines ⓘ
commissioningDate 1960 ⓘ
constructionBegan 1956 ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Philippines ⓘ
countryCode PH ⓘ
countrySubdivision Luzon ⓘ
damCrosses Agno River ⓘ
designedFor peak load generation ⓘ
downstreamFrom Ambuklao Dam ⓘ
elevation about 500 m above sea level ⓘ
energySource hydropower ⓘ
gridConnection Luzon grid ⓘ
hasPowerStation Binga Hydroelectric Power Plant ⓘ
hasReservoir Binga Reservoir ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
installedCapacity 120 MW (original) ⓘ
140 MW ⓘ
locatedIn Itogon, Benguet, Philippines ⓘ
linked to: Itogon
locatedNear Baguio City ⓘ
linked to: Baguio
nearbySettlement Barangay Tinongdan, Itogon ⓘ
notableFor being one of the earliest large hydroelectric projects in northern Luzon ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 4 ⓘ
openingDate 1960 ⓘ
operator SN Aboitiz Power-Benguet, Inc. ⓘ
owner SN Aboitiz Power-Benguet, Inc. ⓘ
partOf Agno River hydroelectric power complex ⓘ
plantType conventional hydroelectric power plant ⓘ
previousOwner National Power Corporation ⓘ
primaryUse electricity generation ⓘ
province Benguet ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
irrigation support ⓘ
power generation ⓘ
water management ⓘ
region Cordillera Administrative Region ⓘ
renovation rehabilitated and upgraded in the 2010s ⓘ
river Agno River ⓘ
secondaryUse flood mitigation ⓘ
water regulation ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
subjectTo Philippine environmental and water regulations ⓘ
turbineType Francis turbine ⓘ
upstreamFrom San Roque Dam ⓘ
watercourse Agno River ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Agno River → hasDam → Binga Dam ⓘ
Benguet → contains → Binga Dam ⓘ
Ambuklao Dam → locatedUpstreamOf → Binga Dam ⓘ
San Roque Dam → locatedNear → Binga Dam ⓘ