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Jurún Marinalá Dam
The Jurún Marinalá Dam (Spanish: ''Planta Hidroeléctrica Jurún Marinalá'') is a reinforced concrete gravity dam and power plant spanning the Michatoya River in Escuintla, Guatemala.INDE''Hidroeléctricas'' Consultado: 09-12-2010. The dam's reservoir has a total capacity of 112,000 m3. The water is transported to the powerhouse through a 4.03 km long tunnel and a 2.44 km long pressure pipe. The plant has Pelton turbines, with a total installed capacity of 60 MW. The plant has a net level declination of 660 m, and a designed flow of 4 m/s per unit. The plant's total power generation between 1970 and 2006 was 6674.91 GWh, which amounts to a mean annual power generation of 185 GWh. See also * List of hydroelectric power stations in Guatemala This is a list of hydroelectric power stations in Guatemala:INDE''Hidroeléctricas'' Consultado: 09-12-2010.: The list is incomplete. The Guatemalan Electricity regulating Authority CNEE als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michatoya River
The Michatoya River is a river in Guatemala. It begins in the town of Amatitlán, flowing out from the lake of the same name, through the towns of Palín, Masagua, and out into the Pacific Ocean. It has served as one of the principal sources of electricity for Guatemala City. Sometimes it has overflowed its banks, flooding the city of Amatitlán, until dredging Dredging is the excavation of material from a water environment. Possible reasons for dredging include improving existing water features; reshaping land and water features to alter drainage, navigability, and commercial use; constructing da ... of the riverbed began, which so far has prevented further inundation. See also * List of rivers of Guatemala References * * *Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993. Rivers of Guatemala {{Guatemala-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |