Taabo Dam | |
Location: | Côte d'Ivoire |
Purpose: | P |
Res Name: | Lac de Taabo |
Dam Crosses: | Bandama River |
Status: | O |
Plant Capacity: | 210MW |
The Taabo Dam is a hydroelectric power plant of the Bandama River in Côte d'Ivoire with a power generating capacity of, enough to power over 141,000 homes.[1] It was formed in 1975.[2] This dam is located downstream from Kossou Dam.[3] This is an "earth and rockfill dam with clay core 8100 m long and 43 m high." It has "five openings giving a maximum discharge capacity of 3,900 m3/sec through radial gates 11 x 11 m" with concrete spillway on the left bank that has a crest level of 113 m above sea level.[4]