Gouvães Dam

Gouvães Dam is a rockfield dam on the Torno River. It is located in the municipality Vila Pouca de Aguiar, in Vila Real District, Portugal and it is part of the wider Tâmega Electricity-Generating Group formed of three dams and three plants
Iberdrola signed a 70-year concession with the Government of Portugal in July 2014 for the design, construction and operation of three projects: Alto Tâmega, Daivões and Gouvães dams.
Construction of the dam completed in July 2022.

Dam

Gouvães Dam is tall.

Reservoir

The reservoir surface area for the dam has.

Power plant

The generating unit of the dam consists of four 220MW reversible turbine units with a diameter of and speed of 600rpm and producing 1468 GWh of electricity a year.
The maximum discharge capacity of the spillway located on the left of Gouvães dam is of. The dam also includes of tunnels along with a shaft. The penstock is a concrete tunnel with a length of and diameter of.