El Chocón Dam
The El Chocón Dam () is the fourth of the five dams on the Limay River in the northwestern Argentine Patagonia (the Comahue region), at above mean sea level. El Chocón Cerros Colorados is on the Limay River at about upstream of its confluence with the Neuquén River. El Chocón Cerros Colorados is used to regulate the flow of the Limay River, for irrigation, and for the generation of hydroelectricity. Its power station is the largest hydroelectric power plant in Patagonia, with a capacity of . It was built by the state-owned company Hidronor (Hidroeléctrica Norpatagónica). It started operating in 1973 and achieved full capacity in 1978. In the period 1974–1995, it produced an annual average of . In 1993 it was privatized, with an exploitation concession granted to Hidroeléctrica El Chocón S. A. While the formal name of the project is ''Embalse Ezequiel Ramos Mexía'', in common use it ended up acquiring the name of the settlement that served as the construction's base ...
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