Xingó Dam

The hydropower plant Xingó [ ʃĩɡɔ ] was built in 1994 at the Rio São Francisco in Brazil between the states of Alagoas and Sergipe. The nearest towns are piranhas in Alagoas (12 km) and Canindé do ​​São Francisco, Sergipe (6 km). The dam is also 65 km from the Paulo Afonso - hydroelectric complex, which is located on the São Francisco also.

The shut-off is a dam of rockfill material with a water-side concrete surface ( " CFR - dam "). The hydropower plant currently has six turbines each with 527 MW capacity, together 3162 MW. In 2010, the power plant on 10 turbines, corresponding to approximately 5000 MW to be expanded. - The reservoir is 65 km long.

For most dimensions of the dam and the reservoir are available in various sources very different and widely varying data (see table). The memory content is probably 3800 million cubic meters tall and the reservoir surface area 60 km ², thus resulting in an average depth of 63.3 m.