Representative
Projects
- Sogamoso
- Andaquí
- Bucaramanga
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Andaquí
Prefeasibility and feasibility studies of the Caquetá River Development
Project, which included design and evaluation of more than 60 potential
locations for hydropower development.
Technical,
constructive, economic, financial and environmental feasibility of the
Upper Caquetá Basin Hydropower Development Project.
Basic project data:
- Installed
capacity: 700 MW.
- Total
reservoir volume: 980 hm³
- Water
sources: Caquetá River.
- Catchment
area: 4,511 km²
Dam:
- Heigth:
206 m.
- Type:Concrete
face gravel fill dam.
The most
attractive development for the dam is a 206-m high structure, crest
length of 800 m and rockfill volume of 16,100,000 m³.
Located
immediately before the junction of the Mocoa and Caquetá Rivers,
2.0 km upstream of the Town of Puerto Limón.
Diversion tunnel:
- Length:
920 m.
- Section:
Circular 12 m diameter.
Spillway:
- Shute
and flip bucket.
- Discharge
capacity: 15,055 m³/s.
Headrace conveyance:
- Upper
headrace tunnel: 234,4 m.
- Lower
headrace tunnel: 50 m.
Underground powerhouse:
- Length:
139 m.
- Width:
24 m.
- Height:
52 m.
- Power
generating equipment: 8 Francis turbines
Other works: Transmission
lines
- Andaquí
- Popayán.
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Type: 230 kV.
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Length: 222 km.
- Andaquí
- Pasto.
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Type: 230 kV.
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Length: 175 km.
Social component:
The environmental diagnosis of alternatives and the
environmental impact study for the Andaquí Hydroelectric Project
were prepared, including elaboration of the environmental and social
baseline, evaluation, assessment, description and prioritization of
impacts and design of the Environmental Management Plan. The studies
included mainly the following aspects:
- Social
diagnosis of the local population affected by the project. Fieldwork:
interviews and direct observation. Design and development of consultation
workshops with the community and application of socioeconomic and
land census.
- Design
of social management programs; amongst these are the population settlement
program and the information and compromise with the community program.
- Development
of the program for the management, technification and marketing of
chontaduro plantations in Puerto Limón.
- Extensive
cattle breeding management program in the Papas Valley.
Client:
ISAGEN S.A.
Location:
The Upper Basin of the Caquetá River is located in Southeastern
Colombia, and pertains to the Amazon Basin; its headwaters are located
in the Papas Highlands in the Colombian Andes Mountain Range.
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