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Gouvães Dam

Vila Pouca de Aguiar, Portugal

The 1008th largest power station in the world

880 MW · Capacity

Gouvães Dam (Barragem de Gouvães) is a rockfield dam on the Torno River. It is located in the municipality Vila Pouca de Aguiar, in Vila Real District, Portugal and it is part of the wider Tâmega Electricity-Generating Group formed of three dams and three plants 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.

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