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Reventazón Dam

The Reventazón Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Reventazón River about 8 km (5.0 mi) southwest of Siquirres in Limón Province, Costa Rica. It was inaugurated on 16 September 2016,[2] and its primary purpose is the production of hydroelectric power. The US$1.4 billion project and largest power station in the country has an installed capacity of 305.5 MW and is expected to provide power for 525,000 homes.[3][4][5] Construction on the dam began in 2009. At a height of 130 metres (430 ft) and with a structural volume of 9,000,000 m3 (12,000,000 cu yd), it is the largest dam in Central America. To produce electricity, water from the reservoir is diverted about 3 km (1.9 mi) to the northeast where it reaches the power station along the Reventazón River.[6] Due to its environmental features, like offset habitats and migration corridors for jaguars and many other species, the project could be a model for other future hydroelectric power plants.[7]

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References

  1. ^ "Reventazón".
  2. ^ "View of the hydroelectric dam on the Reventazon River". Ezequiel Becerra. AFP. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Costa Rica's president inaugurates Central America's largest hydropower plant". China.org.cn. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Reventazón Hydropower Project". Inter-America Development Bank. 22 May 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Reventazón - A new butterfly valve for the penstock of the largest hydropower project in Costa Rica". Andritz. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  6. ^ "Project of the Month" (in Spanish). Pedregal. Archived from the original on March 1, 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  7. ^ Joerg Hartmann; David Harrison; Je Opperman; Roger Gill (18 November 2013). The Next Frontier of Hydropower Sustainability: Planning at the System Scale (PDF) (Report). 16pp. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 July 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
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