Chicoasén Dam

E492831

gravity dam hydroelectric dam

Chicoasén Dam is a major hydroelectric dam in Chiapas, Mexico, known as one of the largest power-generating facilities in the country.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Chicoasén Dam canonical	1
Peñitas Dam	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	gravity dam ⓘ hydroelectric dam ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Manuel Moreno Torres Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ Presa Chicoasén NERFINISHED ⓘ
basinCountry	Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	Dams in Chiapas ⓘ Gravity dams ⓘ Hydroelectric power stations in Mexico ⓘ
commissioningYear	1980 ⓘ
constructionMaterial	concrete ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1974 ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Mexico ⓘ
damType	concrete gravity dam ⓘ
electricityGrid	National Interconnected System of Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
energySource	renewable energy ⓘ
fuelType	water ⓘ
gridConnection	Mexican national power grid ⓘ
hasSpillway	yes ⓘ
height	261 m ⓘ approximately 260 m ⓘ
installedCapacity	2400 MW ⓘ
length	485 m ⓘ
locatedIn	Chiapas NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea	no ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Grijalva River NERFINISHED ⓘ
managedBy	Mexican federal government through CFE ⓘ
namedAfter	Manuel Moreno Torres NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearCity	Chicoasén NERFINISHED ⓘ Tuxtla Gutiérrez NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	being one of the largest hydroelectric power plants in Mexico ⓘ high installed generating capacity ⓘ
numberOfTurbines	8 ⓘ
openingDate	1980 ⓘ
operator	Comisión Federal de Electricidad NERFINISHED ⓘ
owner	Comisión Federal de Electricidad NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Grijalva River hydroelectric cascade NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryUse	hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
purpose	power generation ⓘ
region	southern Mexico ⓘ
reservoirName	Chicoasén Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ
reservoirSurfaceArea	approximately 52 km² ⓘ
reservoirTotalCapacity	approximately 1925 million m³ ⓘ
riverBasin	Grijalva–Usumacinta basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
spillwayType	gated overflow spillway ⓘ
status	operational ⓘ
turbineType	Francis turbine ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Grijalva River → hasHydroelectricDam → Chicoasén Dam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Peñitas Dam