The Volta Grande Dam is an embankment dam on the Grande River about west of

Água Comprida Água Comprida is a Brazilian municipality located in the west of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2020 was estimated to be 1,992 people living in a total area of 489 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Triângulo Mine ...

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. The dam is on the border of

Conceição das Alagoas Conceição das Alagoas is a Brazilian municipality located in the west of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was estimated to be 28,346 people living in a total area of 1,348 km² (520 sq mi). The city belongs to the mesor ...

municipality in the state of

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literally ...

to the north and

Miguelópolis Miguelópolis 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 ...

municipality in the state of

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for ' Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the Ga ...

to the south. It was constructed between 1970 and 1974 for the purpose of hydroelectric power generation. The power station at the dam has an installed capacity of 380 MW and is owned by

CEMIG CEMIG is a Brazilian power company headquartered in Belo Horizonte capital of the state of Minas Gerais. The company is one of main electricity concessionaires in Brazil, headquartered in the city of Belo Horizonte, capital of the state of Minas G ...

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{{Rio Grande (Brazil) dams , dam=Volta Grande Dam, downriver= Porto Colômbia Dam, upriver= Igarapava Dam Dams completed in 1974 Energy infrastructure completed in 1974 Dams in Minas Gerais Dams on the Rio Grande (Paraná River tributary) Hydroelectric power stations in Brazil 1974 establishments in Brazil Embankment dams Dams in São Paulo (state)

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