Jatobá Hydroelectric Power Plant
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 Location of Jatobá Hydroelectric Power Plant in Brazil
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| Official name | Usina Hidrelétrica Jatobá |
| Country | Brazil |
| Location | Itaituba, Pará |
| Coordinates | 5°11′21″S 56°54′51″W / 5.189099°S 56.914293°WCoordinates: 5°11′21″S 56°54′51″W / 5.189099°S 56.914293°W |
| Purpose | Hydroelectric |
| Status | Suspended |
| Operator(s) | Grupo de Estudo Tapajós |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Impounds | Tapajós river |
| Height (thalweg) | 35.3 metres (116 ft) |
| Length | 1,287 metres (4,222 ft) |
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| Surface area | 646 square kilometres (249 sq mi) |
| Normal elevation | 66 metres (217 ft) |
| Hydraulic head | 16 metres (52 ft) |
| Turbines | 40 bulb turbines, each 59.7 MW (80,100 hp) |
| Installed capacity | 2,338 MW (3,135,000 hp) |
| Annual generation | 11,264 GW (1.5105×1010 hp) |
The Jatobá Hydroelectric Power Plant (Portuguese: Usina Hidrelétrica Jatobá) is a planned hydroelectric power plant and dam on the Tapajós river in the state of Pará, Brazil. As of 2017 the project was suspended.
The Jatobá Hydroelectric Power Plant will be built on the Tapajós river in the state of Pará, the second largest hydroelectric plant in the state. The reservoir will cover 64,600 hectares (160,000 acres). The plant and reservoir will affect the municipalities of Itaituba and Jacareacanga. The dam will be just upstream from the Sawré Muybu Indigenous Territory. It would flood large areas of Munduruku territory, and of land used by traditional ribeirinhos communities. The official estimate is that 1,303 people will be affected by the reservoir.
The plant will be part of the proposed 12,000 megawatts (16,000,000 hp) Tapajós hydroelectric complex on the Tapajos and Jamanxim rivers. Others are the São Luiz do Tapajós (6,133 MW), Cachoeira dos Patos (528 MW), Jamanxim (881 MW) and Cachoeira do Cai (802 MW) dams, all under study, as well as the less advanced proposals for the Chacorão (3,336 MW) and Jardim do Ouro (227 MW). The São Luiz do Tapajós, Jatobá and Chacorão dams on the Tapajós would together flood 198,400 hectares (490,000 acres), including parts of the Amazônia and Juruena national parks and the Itaituba I and Itaituba II national forests.
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