The Aguacapa Dam (Spanish: ''Planta Hidroeléctrica Aguacapa '') is a

reinforced concrete Reinforced concrete (RC), also called reinforced cement concrete (RCC) and ferroconcrete, is a composite material in which concrete's relatively low tensile strength and ductility are compensated for by the inclusion of reinforcement having hig ...

gravity dam A gravity dam is a dam constructed from concrete or stone masonry and designed to hold back water by using only the weight of the material and its resistance against the foundation to oppose the horizontal pressure of water pushing against it. ...

and

power plant A power station, also referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power. Power stations are generally connected to an electrical grid. Many pow ...

spanning the

Aguacapa River The Aguacapa River () is a river in Guatemala. Its sources are located in the hills south-east of Guatemala City, at an altitude of . From there it flows in a southerly direction through the departments of Guatemala and Santa Rosa and joins the Ma ...

in Escuintla,

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''Hidroeléctricas''
Consultado: 09-12-2010. The dam's reservoir has a total capacity of 300,000 m³. The water is transported to the powerhouse through a 12.04 km long tunnel and a 3.65 km long pressure tube. The plant has

Pelton turbine The Pelton wheel or Pelton Turbine is an impulse-type water turbine invented by American inventor Lester Allan Pelton in the 1870s. The Pelton wheel extracts energy from the impulse of moving water, as opposed to water's dead weight like the trad ...

s, with a total installed capacity of 90 MW. The plant has a net level declination of 490.6 m, and a designed flow of 7.33 m³/s per unit. The plant's total output between 1981 and 2006 was 6600.96

GWh A kilowatt-hour (unit symbol: kW⋅h or kW h; commonly written as kWh) is a unit of energy: one kilowatt of power for one hour. In terms of SI derived units with special names, it equals 3.6 megajoules (MJ). Kilowatt-hours are a common bil ...

, which amounts to an average annual electricity generation of 264 GWh.

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