Emborcação Dam

The Emborcação Dam, also known as Theodomiro Santiago, is an embankment dam on the Paranaíba River near Araguari in Minas Gerais, Brazil. It was constructed for hydroelectric power production and flood control.

Background
Feasibility studies for the dam occurred in 1971 and in June 1977, construction on the dam began. In August 1981, the dam began to impound the reservoir and the first generator became operation in 1982, the last in 1983. The dam was inaugurated in 1983 by Brazilian president João Batista Figueiredo.

Dam
The dam is 1507 m long and 158 m tall and withholds a reservoir with a capacity of 17.6 km3 and surface area of 703 km2.

Emborcação Hydroelectric Power Plant
The dam's power plant contains four 298 MW generators powered by Francis turbines for a total installed capacity of 1,192 MW.