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Ambuklao Dam is part of a hydroelectric facility in Baragay Ambuclao, Bokod, Benguet province in the Philippines. With a maximum water storage capacity of 327,170,000 cubic metres (265,240 acre⋅ft), the facility, which is located 36 km (22 mi) from Baguio , can produce up to 105 megawatts of electricity for the Luzon grid.
The river has three hydroelectric plants: Binga Dam in Itogon, Benguet (29 kilometres (18 mi) upstream); Ambuklao Dam in Bokod, Benguet (37 kilometres (23 mi) upstream) and the San Roque Dam in San Manuel, Pangasinan. Binga has been operational since 1960 and Ambuklao since 1956. There are several mining concessions in the upper reaches of the ...
The focal point of the reserve is the Ambuklao Dam and reservoir situated on the confluence of the Agno and Bokod rivers in the southern portion of the reserve. It is the oldest hydropower dam in the country built in 1956 with a reservoir capacity of 329,000,000 cubic metres (1.16 × 10 10 cu ft) that supplied 75 megawatts (increased to 105 MW ...
Ambuklao Dam; Angat Dam; Aragon Dam; B. Binga Dam; Buhisan Dam; Bustos Dam; C. Caliraya Dam; ... Pantabangan Dam; Proposed dams in the Kaliwa River watershed; S. San ...
Bokod was established as one of the 19 townships of Benguet during the American Rule with the enactment of Act No. 48 on November 22, 1900. [5] [6] [7] [8]On August 13, 1908, Benguet was established as a sub-province of the newly created Mountain Province with the enactment of Act No. 1876.
The Ambuklao Dam and Hydroelectric Power Plant in Bokod, Benguet, Philippines. The Philippines' main sources of water are rivers, lakes, river basins, and groundwater reservoirs. The longest and largest river, Cagayan River, discharges approximately 53,943 million cubic meters of water annually. Its groundwater reserves are 47,895 million cubic ...
The dam was constructed in August 1956 and opened in May 1960 under the government-owned National Power Corporation (NAPOCOR), three years after its sister facility, the Ambuklao Dam. It is located 31 kilometres (19 mi) southeast of Baguio and 19 kilometres (12 mi) downstream of Ambuklao Dam within the Upper Agno River Basin Resource Reserve.
Ambuklao Dam; Angat Dam; Aragon Dam; Binga Dam; Buhisan Dam; ... (the largest earth-filled dam in the world and also the largest by structural volume) Rawal Dam ...