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Bin el Ouidane Dam

Beni Mellal, Morocco

The 2350th largest power station in the world

135 MW · Capacity

The Bin el Ouidane Dam is an arch dam located 28 kilometres (17 mi) south of Beni Mellal on the El-Abid River in Azilal Province, Morocco. Designed by Coyne et Bellier and constructed between 1949 and 1953, the purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power production and irrigation. Its 135 MW (181, 000 hp) power station produces an average of 287 gigawatt-hours (1, 030 TJ) annually and water from the reservoir helps irrigate 69,500 hectares (172, 000 acres) in the Beni Moussa and Tadla plains.

Power station data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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