Salto Grande

Salto Grande

Salto Grande is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2004 was 8,988 and the area is 211.17 km². The elevation is 396 m.

Salto Grande is also a certain point at Rio Uruguay (that particular point located between Argentina and Uruguay) where electricity is being produced by a river dam that is also called "Salto Grande Dam". The output power of the dam is shared between Uruguay and Argentina.

Some facts about Salto Grande dam:
* Salto Grande's dam has 14 Kaplan turbines.
* Power generation: 1890 megawatts
* Power output of each turbine: 135 MW
* Turbine diameter: 8,5 mts
* Turbine rotational speed: 75 rpm

[http://www.saltogrande.org/ Site of Salto Grande's Technical Commission (Comisión Técnica Mixta de Salto Grande)]


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