El Cajón Dam (Mexico)

The El Cajon Dam is a dam in the Mexican state of Nayarit. It was built from 2003 to June 2007 in a construction time of 54 months for $ 800 million on the Rio Grande de Santiago. The shut-off is 185 m high and 638 m long. The reservoir contains 28.3 million cubic meters of water, and the generators of hydroelectric power plant can generate 750 megawatts of electricity. The dam, located 60 km upstream from the Aguamilpa Dam is operated by the state-owned power company Comision Federal de Electricidad ( CFE).

The building had the following advantages: 10,000 direct and indirect jobs were created, and access roads for 20,000 inhabitants in 40 municipalities were renewed. It generated 1228 gigawatt hours of electricity annually, which is 1.5 times equivalent to the annual electricity consumption of Nayarit. 2 million barrels of oil are saved annually. The performance of the below lying Aguamilpa Dam is increased by the flow regulation, and the primary energy sources of the national electricity supply can be diversified.

Other dams with the name El Cajon, there are also in Honduras (El - Cajon Dam ( Honduras) ) and in Argentina ( El Cajon Dam ( Argentina) ).