• The Jirau Dam is a rock-fill dam with an asphalt-concrete core, in the Madeira River in the state of Rondônia, Brazil. The dam's hydroelectric power stations have 50 turbines each...
  • The Jirau run-of-river project consists of a 63m-tall asphalt core embankment dam with a 980m-long crest, 18 spillways that are each 22.7m high and 20m wide...
  • The Jirau Dam is a rock-fill dam with an asphalt-concrete core, currently under construction on the Madeira River in the state of Rondônia, Brazil.
  • Approximately 70 per cent of the tributary basin to the Jirau dam is located outside Brazilian territory...
  • The Madeira River: Life Before the Dams tells the story of the people of Brazil and Bolivia affected by the construction of the Santo Antonio and Jirau dams...
  • Commercial operation of the first 75 MW turbine of the Jirau hydro power project has been officially approved by the Brazilian Electricity Energy Regulatory Agency...
  • When it is completed in 2015, the Jirau hydroelectric dam will span 8km across the Madeira river and feature more giant turbines than any other dam in the...
  • Two recently constructed run-of-the-river dams (Santo Antônio and Jirau), along the Madeira River in Brazil, have been controversial due to their large...
  • The communities of Jirau and Santo Antonio, where the dams would be built, launched the Viva Rio Madeira Vivo campaign and oppose the megaprojects that...