The Jorge Cepernic Dam, formerly known as La Barrancosa Dam, is a concrete-face rock-fill dam being built on the Santa Cruz River about 115 km (71 mi) west of Puerto Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. It was renamed after the former governor of Santa Cruz Jorge Cepernic. A consortium led by China's Gezhouba Group was awarded the contract to build the Jorge Cepernic Dam and the Néstor Kirchner Dam upstream in August 2013. The consortium will also fund the construction. Both dams are expected to cost nearly US$4.8 billion.[1] The dam is being built by Eling Ingeniería, the successor of Electroingeniería of Osvaldo Acosta and Gerardo Ferreyra.[2] The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and its power station will have an installed capacity of 600 MW.[3]
In July 2015 machines arrived in Santa Cruz for the construction of the dams.[4]
In December 2023 construction was stopped awaiting funding from China.[5]
References
- ^ "China will build and finance two dams in Patagonia equivalent to 10% of Argentine power demand". 22 August 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
- ^ Represas Kirchner y Cepernic | La última gran joya de los reyes de la obra pública (in Spanish)
- ^ "Hydroelectric Projects in the Santa Cruz River" (PDF). Water and Energy National and Regional Integration. Government of Argentina. p. 95. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
- ^ Ministerio de Planificación - Arribaron máquinas para las Represas Kirchner-Cepernic [web.archive.org]
- ^ Diamante, Sofía (7 February 2024). "La construcción de las represas de Santa Cruz está frenada desde diciembre a la espera del financiamiento de China". LA NACION. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
Recent Comments