Raiva Dam

Raiva Dam (Portuguese: Barragem da Raiva, also known as Barragem do Coiço) is a concrete gravity dam on the Mondego.

It is located in the municipality Penacova, in Coimbra District, Portugal.

The spillway with 2 radial gates is part of the dam body (maximum discharge 2,000 m³/s).

[1] The reservoir of Raiva Dam serves as lower reservoir for the Aguieira pumped-storage power plant, which is located about 10 km upstream of Raiva dam.

The power station contains 2 Francis turbine-generators (horizontal shaft)[4] with 13 MW (13 MVA) in a dam powerhouse located on the left side of the dam.