Hidroituango (on the Cauca River in Antioquia)

E770009

Hidroituango is a major hydroelectric power project in Antioquia, Colombia, designed to be the country’s largest source of renewable electricity.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Hidroituango (on the Cauca River in Antioquia) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dam
hydroelectric power plant
infrastructure project
basin Magdalena–Cauca basin
constructionCompanies Camargo Corrêa
Conconcreto
Coninsa Ramón H
constructionStartDate 2009
country Colombia
countryRankByCapacity largest hydroelectric plant in Colombia (planned)
damHeight_m 225
damLength_m 560
damType concrete-faced rockfill dam
department Antioquia Department
developer EPM Ituango S.A. E.S.P.
linked to: Grupo EPM

Empresas Públicas de Medellín
energySource renewable energy
environmentalImpact displacement of local communities
impact on Cauca River ecosystems
estimatedAnnualGeneration_GWh 13200
financedBy Inter-American Development Bank
local banks in Colombia
firstPowerDate 2022
gridConnection National Interconnected System of Colombia
installedCapacity_MW 2400
locatedIn Antioquia Department
locatedNear Briceño
Ituango
San Andrés de Cuerquia
Toledo
locatedOnRiver Cauca River
mainContractor Consorcio CCC Ituango
municipalitiesAffected Caucasia
Ituango
Tarazá
Valdivia
notableEvent 2018 construction emergency and evacuation downstream
numberOfTurbines 8
operator Empresas Públicas de Medellín
owner Empresas Públicas de Medellín
primaryFuel hydropower
purpose electricity generation
flood control
regulation of Cauca River flow
region Northern Antioquia
regulator National Authority of Environmental Licenses of Colombia
reservoirArea_km2 79
reservoirCapacity_m3 2720000000
reservoirName Ituango Reservoir
socialImpact resettlement of affected populations
status partially operational
turbineCapacity_MW 300
turbineType Francis turbine

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cauca River hasHydroelectricProject Hidroituango (on the Cauca River in Antioquia)