Santa Barbara is a 50MW hydro power project. It is located on Viejo river/basin in Matagalpa, Nicaragua. 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. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in 1972. Buy the profile here.

Description

The project is developed and owned by Empresa Nicaraguense de Electricidad. The company has a stake of 100%.

Santa Barbara is a reservoir based project. The hydro reservoir capacity is 25 million cubic meter. Santa Barbara underwent through rehabilitation & modernization during 2018-2020.

Development status

The project got commissioned in 1972.

Contractors involved

Andritz Hydro was selected as the turbine supplier for the hydro power project. The company provided 2 units of francis turbines, each with 25MW nameplate capacity.

Andritz Hydro supplied 2 electric generators for the project. The generator capacity is 31.5 MVA.

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