Caniçada Dam

The Caniçada Dam is a concrete arch dam on the Cávado River, the civil parish of Parada do Bouro, in the municipality of Vieira do Minho, in the Portuguese Norte

or 100) MW. Its average annual generation is 337.4 GWh. The power station contains 2 Francis turbine-generators with 31 MW each in an underground powerhouse 134 m below the surface. The turbine rotation is 300 rpm. The minimum hydraulic head is 77 m, the maximum 121 m. Maximum flow per turbine is 34 m³/s. The turbines and generators were provided by Voith.