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Ilha Solteira Dam

Selvíria, Brazil

The 157th largest power station in the world

3.44 GW · Capacity

The Ilha Solteira Dam is an embankment dam on the Paraná River near Ilha Solteira in São Paulo, Brazil. It was constructed between 1967 and 1973 for hydroelectric power production, flood control and navigation. After launch of last generator in 1978, HPP was the 6th largest in the world. The dam supports hydroelectric power plant with an installed capacity of 3,444 megawatts (4, 618, 000 hp). The power plant contains 20 generators with Francis turbines that are broken down into three ratings: 11 X 170 megawatts (230, 000 hp), 5 X 174 megawatts (233, 000 hp) and 4 X 176 megawatts (236, 000 hp). In 2005, the power plant produced 17.9 TWh of electricity.

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

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