The Teles Pires Dam is a run-of-the-river hydroelectric dam on the Teles Pires River , 330 km (205 mi) upstream of the confluence with the Tapajós river, on the border of the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Pará . The 80-metre (260 ft) dam impounds a 150-square-kilometre (58 sq mi) reservoir (55 square kilometres (21 sq mi) original riverbed and 95 square kilometres (37 sq mi) inundated area), 84% in Mato Grosso state (Paranaíta district) and 16% in Para state (Jacareacanga district).
7-600: The dam is part of a planned six-power-plant "Hidrovia Tapajos/Teles Pires" project to create a navigable waterway connecting the interior of Brazil to the Atlantic Ocean. The waterway will consist of six dams on the Teles Pires river—the 53-megawatt (71,000 hp) Magessi Dam, 430-megawatt (580,000 hp) Sinop Dam, 342-megawatt (459,000 hp) Colider Dam , 1,820-megawatt (2,440,000 hp) Teles Pires Dam, and 746-megawatt (1,000,000 hp) Sao Manoel Dam—and
14-482: A large reservoir because it is a run-of-the-river project. The dam also feature significant environmental remediation efforts. As a consequence, there has not been strong environmental opposition to the implementation of the Teles Pires Dam. On 17 March 2015 an agreement was made to compensate the public for the irreversible negative environmental impacts of the project through payment of R$ 500,000 for use by
21-462: Is that the dam builders failed to adequately consult with indigenous peoples, as required by law. The Brazilian government indigenous protection foundation FUNAI predicts that there may be un-contacted indigenous populations in the region that will be affected by the dam. On March 30, 2012, a judge suspended construction of the Teles Pires Dam to preserve a waterfall that is considered sacred by an indigenous tribe. The Teles Pires Dam does not impound
28-551: The Sucunduri State Park . Colider Dam The Colíder Dam is a rock-fill dam with an asphalt-concrete core, built from 2011 to 2019 on the Teles Pires river. It is located about 40 km (25 mi) southeast of Colíder in the state of Mato Grosso , Brazil. The dam's hydroelectric power stations have 3 turbines each 102.3 MW, resulting in a total installed capacity of 306.9 MW. Construction on
35-702: The run-of-the-river type station was initiated in May 2011, and the last unit started operating in December 2019. The dam is part of a planned six power plant "Hidrovia Tapajos/Teles Pires" project to create a navigable waterway connecting the interior of Brazil to the Atlantic Ocean. The waterway will consist of five dams on the Teles Pires river: 53 megawatts (71,000 hp) Magessi Dam, 402 megawatts (539,000 hp) Sinop Dam, 300 megawatts (400,000 hp) Colíder Dam, 1,820 megawatts (2,440,000 hp) Teles Pires Dam , 736 megawatts (987,000 hp) Sao Manoel Dam) and
42-567: The 230 megawatts (310,000 hp) Foz do Apiacas Dam on the Apiacas river. The Colíder Dam, Sinop Dam and Teles Pires Dam are built, while the smaller upstream dams are still in the planning stages by 2019. The Colíder Dam will be a combination embankment dam with concrete sections for the power stations and spillway. The length of the entire dam will be 1,560 m (5,118 ft). The dam will utilize 4.7 million cubic meters of earth and 260 thousand cubic meters of concrete, and will impound
49-740: The 230-megawatt (310,000 hp) Foz do Apiacas Dam on the Apiacas river. Smaller upstream dams are still in the planning stages. The Teles Pires Dam is a gravity dam constructed of composite materials layered on a roller-compacted concrete core, located on the Teles Pires river 330 kilometres (210 mi) upstream of the confluence with the Tapajos river, on the border between the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Para. Brazilian law requires water impoundments to undergo an approval process to ensure that each project meets environmental, social, political, and safety criteria. The most frequent objection
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