Donzère-Mondragon Dam

Donzère-Mondragon Dam
Location of Donzère-Mondragon Dam in France
Coordinates	44°18′13.18″N 4°44′33.12″E / 44.3036611°N 4.7425333°E / 44.3036611; 4.7425333Coordinates: 44°18′13.18″N 4°44′33.12″E / 44.3036611°N 4.7425333°E / 44.3036611; 4.7425333
Purpose	Power
Construction began	1947
Opening date	1952
Power Station
Commission date	1952
Turbines	6 x 59 MW Kaplan-type
Installed capacity	354 MW
Annual generation	2,100 GWh[1]

The Donzère-Mondragon Dam (or André-Blondel dam), located in the French commune of Bollène-Écluse) is a hydroelectric dam and lock built in 1952 at the southern end of the Donzère-Mondragon canal, in the Vaucluse department in France. It was registered in the list of historic monuments in France in 1992.^[2]

History[]

This hydroelectric dam is in the French commune of Bollène in the Vaucluse department of south-eastern France. Designed by architect Théodore Sardnal,^[2] it was built in 1947 and officially opened on 25 October 1952 by the French President, Vincent Auriol. Construction lasted five years.

See also[]

• Tricastin
• Renewable energy in France

References[]

External links[]

• "Description du barrage de Donzère-Mondragon". Archived from the original on March 11, 2009.

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