Alicurá Dam

Alicurá Dam
File:Alicura231.JPG
Location of Alicurá Dam in Argentina
Official name	AES Alicurá
Country	Argentina
Location	Patagonia
Coordinates
Status	Operational
Opening date	1985
Owner(s)	AES Argentina
Dam and spillways
Impounds	Limay River
Height	135 m (443 ft)
Dam volume	13,000,000 m3 (460,000,000 cu ft)
Spillway capacity	3,000 m3/s (110,000 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
Inactive capacity	3,215,000,000 m3 (2,606,000 acre·ft)
Surface area	67.5 km2 (26.1 sq mi)
Power station
Turbines	4 x 250 MW (340,000 hp) Francis-type
Installed capacity	1,000 MW (1,300,000 hp)

The Alicurá Dam (in Spanish, Embalse de Alicurá) is the first of five dams on the Limay River in northwestern Argentine Patagonia (the Comahue region), about 100 kilometres (62 mi) from the city of San Carlos de Bariloche and 705 metres (2,313 ft) above mean sea level. It was inaugurated in 1985.

The dam is used primarily for the generation of hydroelectricity with an installed capacity of 1,000 MW. The reservoir is also employed to raise Salmonidae.

The Alicurá reservoir has an area of 67.5 square kilometres (26.1 sq mi), a mean depth of 48.4 metres (159 ft) (maximum 110 metres (360 ft)), and a volume of 3,215,000,000 cubic metres (2,606,000 acre·ft).