The hydropower plant has an installed capacity of 820 MW which increased Colombia's generating capacity by 10%. Construction of the dam began in February 2009 and the first hydro turbines-generator was commissioned in December 2014.

List of main equipment:

• 3 penstocks
• 4 spillway radial gates
• 3 power intake gates
• 1 bottom outlet steel lining
• 1 bottom outlet radial gate
• 1 bottom outlet slide gate
• 3 draft tube gates
• Stoplogs, Trashracks and Cranes