Luiz Barreto Dam

Luiz Barreto Dam
Location of Luiz Barreto Dam in Brazil
Official nameUsina de Luiz Carlos Barreto de Carvalho
LocationPedregulho, São Paulo, Brazil
Coordinates20°9′11″S 47°16′46″W / 20.15306°S 47.27944°W / -20.15306; -47.27944
Construction began1963
Opening date1969
Operator(s)Eletrobrás Furnas
Dam and spillways
Type of damEmbankment
ImpoundsGrande River
Height92 m (302 ft)
Length535 m (1,755 ft)
Width (crest)15.8 m (52 ft)
Dam volume4,290,000 m3 (151,000,000 cu ft)
Spillway typeService, gate-controlled
Spillway capacity13,000 m3/s (460,000 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
CreatesLuiz Carlos Barreto de Carvalho Reservoir
Total capacity1,418,000,000 m3 (1,150,000 acre⋅ft)
Surface area46.7 km2 (18.0 sq mi)
Power Station
Commission date1969
TypeConventional
Turbines6 x Francis-type
Installed capacity1,050 MW (1,410,000 hp)

The Luiz Carlos Barreto de Carvalho Dam is an embankment dam on the Grande River near Fronteira in São Paulo, Brazil. The dam serves an associated hydroelectric power plant with a 1,050 megawatts (1,410,000 hp) installed capacity.