Table 1. Existing and proposed dams on Andean-origin rivers in the Amazon basin, classified according to major basin, country, size (installed generation capacity, based on available data), and freshwater ecoregion (20).
|
Existing/ in construction |
Proposed | |||
| Number |
Total MW (≥) |
Number |
Total MW |
|
| Basin | ||||
| Caquetá | 0 | 0 | 1 | 687 |
| Putumayo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Napo | 9 | 1669 | 22 | 2949 |
| Marañón | 36 | 2723 | 82 | 25,785 |
| Ucayali | 67 | 1873 | 37 | 11,852 |
| Madre de Dios* | 25 | 965 | 11 | 8595 |
| Beni | 20 | 625 | 3 | 5000 |
| Mamoré | 5 | 279 | 6 | 3871 |
| Madeira† | 32 | 7693 | 18 | 15,466 |
| Country | ||||
| Colombia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 687 |
| Ecuador | 31 | 3766 | 64 | 10,710 |
| Peru | 86 | 2838 | 84 | 32,482 |
| Bolivia | 25 | 903 | 11 | 12,861 |
| Brazil‡ | 2 | 6450 | — | — |
| Size (MW) | ||||
| No data | 51 | — | 0 | — |
| 1–10 | 37 | 207 | 21 | 111 |
| 11–100 | 35 | 1268 | 57 | 2608 |
| 101–1000 | 17 | 3457 | 67 | 25,801 |
| 1001–4500 | 4 | 9025 | 15 | 28,219 |
| Ecoregion | ||||
| Amazonas High Andes | 141 | 7502 | 123 | 23,325 |
| Western Amazon Piedmont | 1 | 6 | 16 | 12,487 |
| Ucayali-Urubamba Piedmont | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7271 |
| Mamoré-Madre de Dios Piedmont |
0 | 0 | 9 | 8507 |
| Others | 2 | 6450 | 2 | 3150 |
*The Madre de Dios estimates include the Beni River basin.
†The Madeira estimates include the Madre de Dios, Beni, and Mamoré river basins.
‡The Brazil estimate includes only the Santo Antônio and Jirau dams.