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Hydroelectric Plants in Venezuela


Caruachi Location: Bolivar Operator: CVG Electrificacion del Caroni CA (Edelca) Configuration: 12 X 190 MW Kaplan Operation: 2003-2006 T/G supplier: Kvaerner, CGE EPC: Dragados Quick facts: The Caruachi site is 59km downstream of Guri. Annual output is expected to be about 13 TWh. Major work on the project began in 1998 and the first uit went commercial in Apr 2003. Th final unit commissioned on 28 February 2006 and the full project was officially inaugurated on 31 Mar 2006. GE assisted in arranging financing through Canadian and European export credit agencies. Photograph courtesy of Power Re-posted 30 Aug 2006	Guri (Simón Bolívar) Location: Bolivar Operator: CVG Electrificacion del Caroni CA (Edelca) Configuration: 3 X 180 MW, 3 X 225 MW, 1 X 340 MW, 3 X 400 MW, 10 X 730 MW Francis Operation: 1969-1987 T/G supplier: Hitachi, Westinghouse, Mitsubishi Electric, Canadian General Electric EPC: Hitachi Plant Technologies Ltd Quick facts: The construction contract for Guri Dam in Necuima Canyon, was signed in Aug 1963 and the 10 units of the first 2,660-MW stage were commissioned from 1968 to 1978. The next stage involved elevation of the main dam from 215m to 270m MSL, the construction of two additional dams, and the installation of ten, 730-MW generating units. About 70 companies were involved in the EPC work at Guri and the plant cost was approximately $550/kW. The plant was named Raúl Leoni from 1978 to 2000 and then renamed Simón Bolívar. Edelca has a large-scale plant refurbishment program ongoing at present. Photograph courtesy of CORPOELEC - Empresa Electrica Socialista Posted 12 Feb 2012	Juan A Rodriguez Location: Barinas Operator: CORPOELEC - Empresa Electrica Socialista Configuration: 2 X 40 MW Francis Operation: 1986 T/G supplier: Riva, Marelli EPC: Ansaldo Quick facts: This plant is 50km north of Barinas city and is also known as Peña Larga. It was renamed in 1987 after Juan Antonio Rodríguez Domínguez, the first president of Congreso de Venezuela whoe was born in Banias state. The project is part of a wider range of irrigation reservoirs and other waterworks started in the early 1950s. The hydro plant gets water from Boconó Dam. This was built from 1979 to 1983 and power station construction started thereafter. Commercial operation was in Nov 1986. The plant was rehabilitated by Andritz and VD Instalaciones y Servicos in 2008. Photograph by Aleander Moreno (Panoramio) Posted 12 Feb 2012

Macagua Location: Bolivar Operator: CVG Electrificacion del Caroni CA (Edelca) Configuration: 6 X 65 MW, 12 X 216 MW, 2 X 86 MW Francis Operation: 1959-1996 T/G supplier: Voith, AEG, Harbin, Hitachi EPC: Harza, HPC Venezuela Quick facts: This plant is about 10km upstream from the confluence of rhe Rio Caroni and the Orinoco. It is one of the 20 largest hydroelectric power plants in the world. Siemens installed a new control system with the second phase development. In Nov 2005, Edelca awarded Impsa a contact to upgrade Macagua-I by 100 MW with six new generators. Photograph courtesy of Edelca Re-posted 30 Jun 2007	Manuel Pilar (Tocoma) Location: Barinas Operator: CORPOELEC - Empresa Electrica Socialista Configuration: 10 X 233 MW Kaplan Operation: 2012-2014 T/G supplier: IMPSA EPC: Edelca, Tractebel Engineering, Impregilo, Odebrecht, Vinccler CA, CBPO Engenharia Quick facts: In 2005, the IDB approved a $750mn loan for the Tocoma project in the Lower Caroni Valley. In Jul 2009, $800mn in supplemental financing was added for primary civil works and will also replace part of the original local counterpart financing and partly cover increased costs. These are among the largest Kaplan turbines in the world. Photograph courtesy of CORPOELEC - Empresa Electrica Socialista Posted 12 Feb 2012	Masparro Location: Barinas Operator: CORPOELEC - Empresa Electrica Socialista Configuration: 2 X 12.5 MW Francis Operation: 2009 T/G supplier: VA TECH, Indar EPC: Elecnor SA, NIP SA, ICAS Quick facts: The Masparro plant cost about $40mn and connects to the 115kV grid. Construction started in Jun 2005 and the plant went into servie i May 2009. Photograph courtesy of CORPOELEC - Empresa Electrica Socialista Posted 12 Feb 2012

Data: industcards, Platts UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base

Updated 07-Apr-2013