Colíder Dam
| Colíder Dam | |
|---|---|
Site of the Colíder Dam | |
| Official name | Usina Hidrelétrica Colíder |
| Location | Colíder, Mato Grosso, Brazil |
| Coordinates | 10°59′6.60″S 55°46′30.39″W / 10.9851667°S 55.7751083°W |
| Purpose | Power |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | 15 May 2011 |
| Opening date | 2019 |
| Construction cost | US$1 billion |
| Operator(s) | Copel |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | Embankment, concrete gravity composite |
| Impounds | Teles Pires river |
| Height | 40 m (131 ft) |
| Length | 1,526 m (5,007 ft) |
| Dam volume | 4,961,000 m3 (175,196,062 cu ft) (concrete & earth) |
| Spillway type | Overflow, 1 controlled gates |
| Spillway capacity | 20,000 m3/s (706,293 cu ft/s) |
| Reservoir | |
| Surface area | 182.8 km2 (71 sq mi) |
| Power Station | |
| Operator(s) | Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL |
| Commission date | 21 December 2019 |
| Type | Run-of-the-river |
| Hydraulic head | 15.10 m (50 ft) |
| Turbines | 3 x 102.3 MW bulb turbines |
| Installed capacity | 306.9 MW (max) |
| Website http://www.copel.com/uhecolider/ | |
The Colíder Dam is a rock-fill dam with an asphalt-concrete core, built from 2011 to 2019 on the Teles Pires river. It is located about 40 km (25 mi) southeast of Colíder in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. The dam's hydroelectric power stations have 3 turbines each 102.3 MW, resulting in a total installed capacity of 306.9 MW. Construction on the run-of-the-river type station was initiated in May 2011, and the last unit started operating in December 2019.
The dam is part of a planned six power plant "Hidrovia Tapajos/Teles Pires" project to create a navigable waterway connecting the interior of Brazil to the Atlantic Ocean. The waterway will consist of five dams on the Teles Pires river: 53 megawatts (71,000 hp) Magessi Dam, 402 megawatts (539,000 hp) Sinop Dam, 300 megawatts (400,000 hp) Colíder Dam, 1,820 megawatts (2,440,000 hp) Teles Pires Dam, 736 megawatts (987,000 hp) Sao Manoel Dam) and the 230 megawatts (310,000 hp) Foz do Apiacas Dam on the Apiacas river.
The Colíder Dam, Sinop Dam and Teles Pires Dam are built, while the smaller upstream dams are still in the planning stages by 2019.