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Nova Avanhandava Dam
Location of Nova Avanhandava Dam in Brazil
Official name	Barragem Nova Avanhandava
Country	Brazil
Location	Buritama, São Paulo
Coordinates	21°7′5.67″S 50°12′4.46″W / 21.1182417°S 50.2012389°W / -21.1182417; -50.2012389
Purpose	Power, navigation
Status	Operational
Opening date	1982; 42 years ago (1982)
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Embankment with gravity sections
Impounds	Tietê River
Height	71 m (233 ft)
Length	2,038 m (6,686 ft)
Spillway capacity	7,948 m/s (280,700 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
Creates	Nova Avanhandava Reservoir
Total capacity	2,830,000,000 m (2,290,000 acre⋅ft)
Surface area	210 km (81 sq mi)
Normal elevation	358 m (1,175 ft)
Operator(s)	AES Tietê
Commission date	1982
Type	Conventional
Hydraulic head	29.7 m (97 ft)
Turbines	3 x 115.8 MW (155,300 hp) Kaplan-type
Installed capacity	347.4 MW (465,900 hp)

The Nova Avanhandava Dam is an embankment dam with gravity sections on the Tietê River about 8.5 km (5.3 mi) southwest of Buritama in São Paulo state of Brazil. It supports a 347.4 megawatts (465,900 hp) hydroelectric power station. The dam was completed in 1982 and its three 115.8 megawatts (155,300 hp) Kaplan turbine-generators were commissioned by the same year. It is owned and operated by AES Tietê. The dam also provides for navigation with two ship locks.

References

1. "New Avanhandava" (in Portuguese). AES Tiete. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.

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• Dams completed in 1982
• Energy infrastructure completed in 1982
• Dams in São Paulo (state)
• Embankment dams
• Hydroelectric power stations in Brazil
• Locks of Brazil
• 1982 establishments in Brazil