Daivões Dam ( pt, Barragem de Daivões, links=no) is a concrete arch-gravity dam on the Tâmega River. It is located in the municipalities of
Ribeira de Pena
Ribeira de Pena () is a municipality in the Vila Real District, in Norte Region in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 6,544,Cabeceiras de Basto
Cabeceiras de Basto () is a municipality in the district of Braga in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 16,710,Iberdrola signed a 70 year concession with the Government of Portugal in July 2014 for the design, construction and operation of three projects: Alto Tâmega, Daivões and Gouvães dams.
Construction of the dam completed in July 2022.
Dam
Daivões Dam is a 77.5 m tall, 264 m long dam.
Reservoir
The reservoir surface area for the dam has 1.76 km2.
Power plant
The generating unit of the dam consists of two 57 MW Francis turbine units with a maximum flow rate of 220m³/s and a small 4.1 MW unit to turbine the ecological flow, producing 159 GWh of electricity a year.
The spillways are located over the dam and consist of four radial gates with a width of 11.5 m and height of 9 m each with a maximum discharge capacities of 3,400 m³/s.
See also
*
List of power stations in Portugal
The following page lists some power stations in Portugal.
Cogeneration
Geothermal
Hydroelectric
Thermal
See also
* List of power stations in Europe
* List of largest power stations in the world
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