Salto Santiago Hydroelectric Power Plant

The Salto Santiago Hydroelectric Power Plant is a dam and hydroelectric power plant on the Iguazu River near Santiago in Paraná, Brazil. It is the third dam upstream of the Iguazu Falls and was completed in 1979. The power station has a 1,420 MW capacity and is supplied with water by a rock-fill embankment dam. It is owned and operated by Tractebel Energia. Salto Santiago Dam The Salto Santiago Dam is high, long and is of rock-fill embankment type, comprising in concrete structure. The dam'…