Nova Avanhandava Dam

The Nova Avanhandava Dam is an embankment dam with gravity sections on the Tietê River about southwest of Buritama in São Paulo state of Brazil. It supports a hydroelectric power station. The dam was completed in 1982 and its three Kaplan turbine-generators were commissioned by the same year. It is owned and operated by AES Tietê. The dam also provides for navigation with two ship locks.