The Nova Avanhandava Dam is an
embankment dam
An embankment dam is a large artificial dam. It is typically created by the placement and compaction of a complex semi-plastic mound of various compositions of soil or rock. It has a semi-pervious waterproof natural covering for its surface and ...
with
gravity sections on the
Tietê River about southwest of
Buritama
Buritama is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 mil ...
in
São Paulo state of Brazil. It supports a
hydroelectric
Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies one sixth of the world's electricity, almost 4500 TWh in 2020, which is more than all other renewable sources combined and ...
power station. The dam was completed in 1982 and its three
Kaplan turbine-generators were commissioned by the same year. It is owned and operated by
AES Tietê. The dam also provides for
navigation with two ship locks.
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{{Tietê River dams
Dams completed in 1982
Energy infrastructure completed in 1982
Dams in São Paulo (state)
Embankment dams
Hydroelectric power stations in Brazil
Locks of Brazil
1982 establishments in Brazil