Garabí-Panambi Hydroelectric Complex
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December 2011 meeting with Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
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 Location of Garabí-Panambi Hydroelectric Complex in Brazil
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| Official name | Complexo Hidrelétrico Garabi-Panambi |
| Country | Argentina, Brazil |
| Coordinates | 28°13′37″S 55°42′58″W / 28.227032°S 55.716181°WCoordinates: 28°13′37″S 55°42′58″W / 28.227032°S 55.716181°W |
| Purpose | Hydroelectric |
| Status | Planned |
The Garabí-Panambi Hydroelectric Complex (Portuguese: Complexo Hidrelétrico Garabi-Panambi) is a planned pair of hydroelectric dams and generating stations on the Uruguay River between Argentina and Brazil. There is controversy over the environmental impact on the fast-flowing river. The prime contractors are trying to avoid public image problems and delays such as those with other recent dams.
The Garabi-Panambi Hydroelectric Complex on the Uruguay River has been projected to generate 2,200 MW of energy, which Argentina and Brazil would share equally. The estimated cost of the project is US$5.2 billion. About 12,500 people would be employed on the project, of whom 70% would be local workers. The project is a joint venture of Eletrobras of Brazil and Emprendimientos Energéticos Binacionales (Ebisa) of Argentina. The Garabí and Panambí dams would be built in the Corrientes and Misiones provinces of Argentina, and the Garruchos and Alecrim municipalities of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. The exact location would depend on the results of geological studies of the sites.
The reservoirs will displace 7,500 people in Brazil and over 5,100 people in Argentina. Environmentalists are opposed to the project, citing the massive floods of the Madeira River after construction of the Jirau and Santo Antônio dams in Rondônia. The projections of flooded areas are only a quarter of those made in the 1970s and 1980s, but the combined reservoirs would cover more than that of the Belo Monte plant, which will have five times greater capacity. A biologist argued that the nature of the river would be transformed from a fast-moving river with rapids to standing water, affecting the ability of fish to reproduce. Eletrobras has guaranteed that the Yucumã Falls, the largest longitudinal waterfall in the world, and the Turvo State Park would be preserved, but there was fear that 10% would be flooded by the Panambi reservoir. Electrobras has stated that flooding in Turvo could only occur during flood periods.
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