The Simón Bolívar Hydroelectric Plant, also Guri Dam (Spanish: Central Hidroeléctrica Simón Bolívar or Represa de Guri), previously known as the Raúl Leoni Hydroelectric Plant, is a concrete gravity and embankment dam in Bolívar State, Venezuela, …

Guri Dam, hydroelectric project and reservoir on the Caroní River, Bolívar State, eastern Venezuela, on the site of the former village of Guri (submerged by the reservoir), near the former mouth of the Guri River.

2020年6月5日 · The Guri hydroelectric power plant, also known as Simón Bolívar hydroelectric power station and Raul Leoni Hydroelectric Central, is situated 100km upstream of the Caroni River in Necuima Canyon in Orinoco, Venezuela.

2019年3月12日 · Maduro has blamed the blackout on a cyberattack on the plant’s all-important electronic monitoring system, though engineers who have worked on the dam say they don’t believe that. One theory is that a fire knocked down one of the huge 765-kilovolt lines that connect the Guri Dam to Caracas.

2025年1月8日 · Explore the Guri Dam, a hydroelectric energy marvel producing 73% of Venezuela’s electricity. Discover its construction, advanced technology, and environmental impact.

The Simón Bolívar Hydroelectric Power Plant", located in the Guri Dam, and formerly known as Hydroelectric Power Plant "Raúl Leoni" (from 1974 to 2006, when it was renamed by presidential decree) is located in the Bolívar State, Venezuela, in the Necuima Canyon, 100 kilometers upstream from the mouth of the Caroní River in the Orinoco. The ...

2024年9月18日 · Guri Dam Hydroelectric Power Plant is a hydroelectric power plant located in the Bolivar State of Venezuela. It is the largest hydroelectric power plant in Venezuela and the fourth-largest in the world. Guri Dam is a part of the Guri Reservoir which was created by damming the Caroni River in 1963.

Water levels in the Guri dam have fallen drastically and if they continue to fall, the country is expected to face a power crisis in the next six months. The government will have to suspend the generation of around 5,000MW of power, which will lead to widespread blackouts.

Commonly known as Guri Dam, the Central Hidroeléctrica Raúl Leoni (Raul Leoni Hydroelectric Center) is one of the largest operating hydroelectric projects in the world.

Currently, the Guri Dam is the second largest hydroelectric power generation plant in the world after Itaipu in Brazil (BBC News 2006; The World Bank 2006). In the 1940’s the government of Venezuela started realizing that the country’s oil reserves were going