Aguacapa Dam
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The Aguacapa Dam (Spanish: Presa de Aguacapa) is a reinforced concrete gravity dam and power plant spanning the Aguacapa River in Escuintla, Guatemala. The dam's reservoir has a total capacity of 300,000 m3. The water is transported to the powerhouse through a 12.04 km long tunnel and a 3.65 km long
pressure tube. The plant has 3 × 30 MW Pelton turbines, with a total installed capacity of 90 MW. The plant has a net level declination of 490.6 m, and a designed flow of 7.33 m3/s per unit. The plant's total output between 1981 and 2006 was 6600.96 GWh, which amounts to an average annual electricity generation of 264 GWh.
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