Condor Cliff Dam
dam in Puerto Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Province
The "Complejo Hidroeléctrico Cóndor Cliff (ex-N.K) & La Barrancosa (ex G.J.C.) Dam, formerly known as Condor Cliff Dam, is a concrete-face rock-fill dam being built on the Santa Cruz River about 180 km (110 mi) west of Puerto Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. A consortium led by China's Gezhouba Group was awarded the contract to build the Condor Cliff & La Barrancosa Dam downstream in August 2013. The consortium will also fund the construction. Both dams are expected to cost nearly US$4.8 billion. The dam is being built by Eling Ingeniería, the successor of Electroingeniería of Osvaldo Acosta and Gerardo Ferreyra. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and its power station will have an installed capacity of 1,140 megawatts (1,530,000 hp).
In July 2015 machines arrived in Santa Cruz for the construction of the dams.
In December 2016 Supreme Court of Argentina decided to suspend work on the dam.
In December 2023 construction was stopped awaiting funding from China.
On July 18, 2025, an agreement was signed with the companies and Governor Claudio Vidal to reactivate the construction of one of the dams in Santa Cruz, a project worth almost US$5 billion.
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