The Machadinho Hydroelectric Power Plant is a dam and hydroelectric power plant on the Pelotas River near Machadinho on the border of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul Brazil. The power station has a 1140 MW capacity and is supplied with water by a concrete face rock-fill embankment dam. It is owned and operated by Machadinho Energetica and produces the equivalent of 37% of the energy consumed in Santa Catarina.
point
length (km)
700.0
building start date
1998-03-02
building start year
1998-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
height (cm)
126.0
vastest lake
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location
Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina (state), Machadinho