{"id":185546,"date":"2020-11-16T18:19:33","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T17:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ferrovial.com\/?post_type=project_ballester&#038;p=185546"},"modified":"2022-06-09T12:37:39","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T10:37:39","slug":"los-condores-power-station-by-jose-manuel-ballester","status":"publish","type":"project_ballester","link":"https:\/\/www.ferrovial.com\/en-ca\/projects-ballester\/los-condores-power-station-by-jose-manuel-ballester\/","title":{"rendered":"Los C\u00f3ndores Power Station, Chile"},"content":{"rendered":"\n    <m-hero-ballester class='gutenberg'>\n\n        \n                    <h2 slot=\"title\">Maule&#8217;s Hidden Water<\/h2>\n        \n                    <p slot=\"location\">\n                Los C\u00f3ndores, \n                                    <span>Chile<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n        \n                    <span slot=\"caption\">\n                Lorem ipsum            <\/span>\n        \n        \n                            \n    <\/m-hero-ballester>\n\n    \n\n\n<m-wysiwig negative id=\"wysiwyg\" class=\"wp-block-components-wysiwyg\"><div slot=\"maincontent\">    <p class=\"intro\">Under the watchful peaks of the Andes, time goes by differently. It must be the blood oxygen levels at altitude, or maybe it&#8217;s the isolation and loneliness. <\/p>\n    \n\n\n<p>Or the invisible presence of the condor, the largest bird in the world that can fly without flapping its wings. One thing is for certain: when the tunneler starts up, everything stops, and even the mountain seems to listen closely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That is where the <strong>Maule River begins, in Chile <\/strong>near the lagoon of the same name. Some 2,200 meters above sea level, the land rises sharply to take advantage of the water&#8217;s energy. This is the site of the Los Condores hydroelectric plant. 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Most of the work isn&#8217;t visible, hidden deep in the belly of the mountain range. When finished, the only trace of one of the country&#8217;s largest hydroelectric power plants buried there will be a gateway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Some 12 kilometers of the headrace tunnel are underground.<\/strong> This will direct water from the Maule lagoon to the turbines. That is also the location of a manmade cave reaching 40 meters high. This cavern houses the machines, as well as the 470-meter slope of the reinforced pressure tunnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The goal is to borrow the water&#8217;s power without changing the surroundings. Balancing the demand for electricity with the Maule Valley&#8217;s irrigation needs without disturbing the peace of the Andes. 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