Alicura’s reservoir is the first of five dams on the Limay River in the Northwest of the Comahue region, in the limit between the provinces of Neuquen and Rio Negro.
It has an installed power of 1,050 MW and was acquired by AES in August 2000.
Technical Data Type: Soft materials dam, zoned. Spillway type: surface, with sector gates Spillway capacity: 3,000 m3/sec. Maximum height: 135 m. Crest length: 850 m. Dam volume: 13,000,000 m3. Reservoir volume: 3,215 hm3
