Guri Dam
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| Opened | 1978 |
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| Annual generation | 47,000 GWh |
| Spillway capacity | 27,000 m3/s (953,496 cu ft/s) |
| Turbines | Francis Turbines. 10 × 725 MW; 4 × 180 MW; 3 × 400 MW; 3 × 225 MW; 1 × 340 MW |
| Locations | Bolívar |
| Create | Guri Reservoir |
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| ID | 2308414 |
About Guri Dam
The Simón Bolívar Hydroelectric Plant, also Guri Dam, is a concrete gravity and embankment dam in Bolívar State, Venezuela on the Caroni River built from 1963 to 1969. It is 7,426 metres long and 162 m high. It impounds the large Guri Reservoir with a surface area of 4,250 square kilometres.
