La Guaca is a 324.6MW hydro power project. It is located on Bogota river/basin in Cundinamarca, Colombia. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in 1985.
| Project Type | Total Capacity (MW) | Active Capacity (MW) | Pipeline Capacity (MW) | Project Status | Project Location | Project Developer | Hydropower | 324.6 | 324.6 | – | Active | Cundinamarca, Colombia |
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Description
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Grupo Energia Bogota and Enel Americas are currently owning the project having ownership stake of 51.51% and 48.48% respectively.
La Guaca is a run-of-river project. The gross head of the project is 1,015m. The project generated 1,250 GWh of electricity.
Development Status
The project got commissioned in 1985.
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Kvaerner Brug was selected as the turbine supplier for the hydro power project. The company provided 3 units of pelton turbines, each with 108MW nameplate capacity.
Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions supplied electric generator(s) for the project.
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