The Luiz Carlos Barreto de Carvalho Dam is an embankment dam on the
Grande River near
Fronteira in
São Paulo
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,
Brazil
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. The dam serves an associated
hydroelectric power plant
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with a installed capacity.
Background
Owned and maintained by
Eletrobrás Furnas, they completed studies for the dam in 1962. Construction began in 1963 and was complete in March 1969 when the first generator went online. The dam and power plant were also inaugurated that year. Because of the
Furnas Dam
The Furnas Dam ( pt, Usina Hidrelétrica de Furnas) is a hydroelectric dam in the Minas Gerais state of Brazil. A small settlement was built near the dam with the same name to house the workers during the dam construction. The main purpose of the ...
upstream, the water level in the reservoir is operated at similar levels year round.
Furnas is currently planning to renovate and modernize the dam and power plant.
Specifications
The Luiz Barreto Dam is a long and high earth-fill
embankment dam. The total structural volume of materials for the dam is . The dam's
spillway
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contains six floodgates that are wide and high each. In total, the spillway has a discharge capacity.
Reservoir
The
reservoir
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Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...
created by the dam has a surface area of and capacity of with on 10% of the capacity () serving as live (active or "useful") storage. The normal reservoir level is above sea level and the maximum is .
Luiz Barreto Hydroelectric Power Plant
Luiz Barreto Hydroelectric Power Plant power house is wide and long and contains six
generators that are powered by
Francis turbines.
See also
*
List of power stations in Brazil
The following page lists the power stations in Brazil.
Coal
Gas and oil fired
Gas Turbines
Internal combustion engines
Nuclear
Hydroelectric
Solar
Wind
See also
*Electricity sector in Brazil
* Energy policy o ...
References
{{Rio Grande (Brazil) dams , dam=Luiz Barreto Dam, downriver=
Jaguara Dam, upriver=
Peixotos Dam
Dams completed in 1969
Dams in São Paulo (state)
Earth-filled dams
Dams on the Rio Grande (Paraná River tributary)