La Yesca Dam

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The La Yesca Dam is a commissioned in November 2012 dam on the Río Grande de Santiago 90 km northwest of Guadalajara on the border of Nayarit and Jalisco Mexican states. Construction of the dam began in 2007 bulk after Empresas ICA had won the construction contract. The opening ceremony took place on 6 November 2012. The dam pertaining to the operation of a hydroelectric power plant with 750 MW capacity and is part of the hydropower system at Santiago. The construction of the water outflow is regulated and improved the use of hydropower dams located below the El Cajon and Aguamilpa.

Description of dam

The dam La Yesca is a 220 m high and 628 m long shut-off in the CFRD - design with a building volume of 11.9 million m³. The crown height is 579 m above sea level. The area of ​​the catchment area is 51,590 km ². On the left side of the dam, the spillway is arranged with six radial closures. Your maximum drainage capacity is 15,915 m³ / s The reservoir has a volume of 2500 million cubic meters with a water surface of 33.4 km ², of which 1392 million m³ are used for power generation. The normal water storage level is at 575 m above sea level. The power plant consists of two 375 MW generators with Francis turbines, which can generate an estimated 1210 GWh of electricity annually.