Caconde is an 80.4MW hydro power project. It is located on Pardo river/basin in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in 1966.

Project Type	Total Capacity (MW)	Active Capacity (MW)	Pipeline Capacity (MW)	Project Status	Project Location	Project Developer
Hydropower	80.4	80.4	–	Active	Sao Paulo, Brazil

Description

The AES, BNDES Participacoes and Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras are currently owning the project having ownership stake of 45.32%, 9.91% and 7.56% respectively.

Caconde is a run-of-river project. The hydro reservoir capacity is 0.059 million cubic meter. The gross head of the project is 105m.

Development Status

The project got commissioned in 1966.

Contractors Involved

Voith Hydro Holding was selected as the turbine supplier for the hydro power project. The company provided 2 units of francis turbines, each with 41.9MW nameplate capacity.

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