La Yesca Dam

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La Yesca Dam is a major hydroelectric dam on the Santiago River in Mexico, known for its large concrete-faced rockfill structure and significant power generation capacity.

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La Yesca Dam canonical 1
La Yesca Hydroelectric Dam 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concrete-face rockfill dam
hydroelectric dam
annualGeneration 1280 GWh
catchmentArea 51000 km2
constructionBegan 2007
constructionCompany Ingenieros Civiles Asociados
La Peninsular Compañía Constructora
country Mexico
crestElevation 575 m
damHeight 220 m
damLength 628 m
damType concrete-face rockfill
damVolume 11000000 m3
designedBy Comisión Federal de Electricidad
downstreamFrom Aguamilpa Dam
fundingModel public works financing
gridConnection Mexican national grid
inauguratedBy Felipe Calderón
installedCapacity 750 MW
locatedIn Jalisco
Nayarit
Sierra Madre Occidental
notableFeature major hydroelectric project on the Santiago River
one of the highest concrete-face rockfill dams in the world
numberOfTurbines 2
openingDate 2012
operator Comisión Federal de Electricidad
owner Comisión Federal de Electricidad
partOf Santiago River hydroelectric cascade
plantCommissioned 2012
plantName La Yesca Hydroelectric Power Plant
plantType conventional hydroelectric
purpose flood control
power generation
water regulation
regionServed western Mexico
linked to: Western Mexico
reservoirActiveCapacity 1320000000 m3
reservoirName La Yesca Reservoir
reservoirSurfaceArea 33.4 km2
reservoirTotalCapacity 2190000000 m3
river Santiago River
spillwayCapacity 15800 m3/s
spillwayType gated overflow
turbineCapacity 375 MW
turbineType Francis turbine
upstreamFrom El Cajón Dam

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La Yesca hasInfrastructure La Yesca Dam
La Yesca hasHydroelectricFacility La Yesca Hydroelectric Dam
linked to: La Yesca Dam