Aguacapa is a 90MW hydro power project. It is located on Aguacapa and Agua Tibia river/basin in Santa Rosa, Guatemala. 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 1977 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in 1982. Buy the profile here.
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Description
The project is developed and owned by Instituto Nacional de Electrificacion. The company has a stake of 100%.
Aguacapa is a reservoir based project. The hydro reservoir capacity is 3 million cubic meter. The gross head of the project is 554.1m. The penstock length is 3,680m. The penstock diameter is 2.4m.
Development status
The project construction commenced in 1977 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in 1982.
Contractors involved
Andritz Hydro was selected as the turbine supplier for the hydro power project. The company provided 3 units of pelton turbines, each with 31.7MW nameplate capacity.
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