La Amistad-United States is a 66MW hydro power project. It is located on Grande de Santiago river/basin in Texas, the US. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in a single phase. The project construction commenced in 1980 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in 1983. Buy the profile here.
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Description
The project is currently owned by International Boundary and Water Commission.
La Amistad-United States is a reservoir based project. The gross head of the project is 176m. The total number of penstocks, pipes or long channels that carry water down from the hydroelectric reservoir to the turbines inside the actual power station, are 5 in number. The penstock length is 283.36m. The penstock diameter is 4.42m.
The hydro power project consists of 2 turbines, each with 33MW nameplate capacity.
The project has 2 electric generators installed at the site.
Development status
The project construction commenced in 1980 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in 1983.
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