Guaicaramo Dam

Upia Dam/Guaicaramo Dam
Location	Casanare, Colombia
Dam and spillways
Height	230 m (755 ft)
Base width	850 m (2,789 ft)
Impounds	Upia River
Reservoir
Creates	Upia Reservoir
Capacity	9,870,000,000 m3 (3.49×1011 cu ft)
Power station
Installed capacity	1,750 MW

The Guaicaramo Dam is a planned hydroelectric dam on the Upia River, in Casanare, Colombia. It is to be part of the Upía Hydroelectric Project It has a planned installed capacity of 1,750 MW. The dams designed to be 230 m (755 ft) tall, 850 m (2,789 ft) wide, and with 33,260,000 m³ (1.175×10⁹ cu ft) of material. Designs were carried out between 1980 and 1983.^[1] An environmental study for the dam was carried out between 1989 and 1990.^[2]

See also

• List of conventional hydroelectric power stations

References

1. ^ "Presas". Ingetic S.A.. http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:bDDPBxNMgCgJ:www.ingetec.com.co/brochures-ingles/BROCHURE-PRESAS-INGLES.pdf+Guaicaramo+Dam&hl=en&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShRvhZu1XrXXDXBjVF_u8mfnS0DfplrBtbwFUUOX-O6JzG2-nrmhorQt7umAZRLCmahhNUJkMQCYdRK02Mu1pQa8LdMFVwXafrPARDpxnbaSv8n7H--Qa350GW_xtB9MynqK0jW&sig=AHIEtbTAoRje7MaOAPiquFNUdXioYHc70g. Retrieved 28 May 2011. 
2. ^ "Social and Environmental Studies". Ingetec S.A.. http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:fxGSvTcYovEJ:www.ingetec.com.co/brochures-ingles/BROCHURE-AMBIENTAL-ING.pdf+Upia+dam+Ingetec&hl=en&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgoX1AlDbG1zRWmpm9zpsD9lwWN-KL2dWYWtfQOaJzCc25xbmSrnLKtqM4pq4axfspeGt8eHGAMahx4yzt8SVr6u61guuslevF7jfhcI05Bg2rDJ6ac340kDpCE9hxIx7Ta8gKb&sig=AHIEtbRWKPiHMAKKFSDZoCCiG0ocZDLcrw. Retrieved 28 May 2011.