Rantembe Dam

Rantembe Dam

Upstream view of the Rantembe Dam

Upstream view of the Rantembe Dam
Country Sri Lanka
Location Rantembe, Central Province
Coordinates 07°12′00″N 80°57′00″E / 7.20000°N 80.95000°E / 7.20000; 80.95000
Purpose Power
Status Operational
Construction began January 1987 (1987-01)
Opening date May 1990 (1990-05)
Construction cost Rs. 4.077 billion (1990)
Owner(s) Mahaweli Authority
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Gravity dam
Impounds Mahaweli River
Height (foundation) 42 m (138 ft)
Length 420 m (1,378 ft)
Spillways 4
Spillway type Tainter gate
Spillway capacity 10,235 m3/s (361,446 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
Creates Rantembe Reservoir
Total capacity 21,000,000 m3 (740,000,000 cu ft)
Active capacity 4,400,000 m3 (160,000,000 cu ft)
Catchment area 3,118 km2 (1,204 sq mi)
Power station
Operator(s) CEB
Turbines 2 × 26 MW
Installed capacity 52 MW
Annual generation 180 GWh
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The Rantembe Dam is a 52-megawatt hydroelectric gravity dam at Rantembe, in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. Construction of the dam began in January 1987, and was completed in April 1990 as scheduled. The dam was constructed by the German 'Joint Venture Randenigala', a different German Joint Venture has built the [Randenigala Dam]], further upstream.

Construction of the dam cost approximately Rs. 4.077 billion (1990), of which 34.7% (Rs. 1.050 billion) was funded by the Ceylon Electricity Board, with the majority of the remainder funded by Germany.[1]

Dam, reservoir, and power station

The Rantembe Dam, located just 2.8 km (1.7 mi) downstream of the Randenigala Dam, measures 42 m (138 ft) in height, 420 m (1,378 ft) in length, and consists of 4 tainter gate spillways with a combined discharge capacity of 10,235 m3/s (361,446 cu ft/s).

The dam creates the relatively small Rantembe Reservoir, which has a catchment area of 3,118 km2 (1,204 sq mi), and a total capacity of 21,000,000 m3 (740,000,000 cu ft).

Water from the reservoir is channelled through the dam through a steel penstock to power the two 26-megawatt turbines. The power station's combined output of 52-megawatts generates 180 GWh annually.[1]

The Rantembe Reservoir
The Rantembe Reservoir.
The Rantembe Reservoir, with the Randenigala Dam in the background
The Rantembe Reservoir, with the Randenigala Dam in the background (upstream).

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Rantembe Dam". Mawahweli Authority. Retrieved 12 January 2014.


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