Location: 

The Serra do Facão Hydroelectric Power Station is located on the São Marcos River, in the sub-basin of the Paranaíba River and basin of the Paraná River
Distance from the mouth of the Paranaíba River: 55 km
Municipalities on the right bank: Catalão, Campo Alegre de Goiás, Ipameri and Cristalina, all in the State of Goiás
Municipalities on the left bank: Davinópolis and Catalão, both in Goiás, and Paracatu, in Minas Gerais
Start of the building work: February 15, 2007
Current stage of the work: the first phase is ongoing (excavation and earth-moving for constructing the coffer-dams, construction of the diversion tunnel and concreting the powerhouse and the diversion tunnel outlet). 

Reservoir
Length: 60 km, from end to end
Perimeter: 1,357 km
Volume of the reservoir: 5,277,000,000 m3
Average depth: 24 m
Time to fill: 1 year
N.A.upstream: 756 m
N.A.downstream: 675.81 m
Flooded area: 218.84 km2
Working life: 100 years

Dam
Type of structure/material: compacted rolled concrete/junctions on the abutments
Total length of the crest: 600 m
Maximum height: 87 m

Overflow system
Type: surface spillway
Outflow: 2684 m3 per sec.
Number of spans: 2
Sluice gate: segment type
Width of the sluices: 11.20 m
Height of the sluices: 15 m

Intake system
Intake channel: gravity type, by penstocks
Sluice gates: wheel-mounted
Width of the sluices: 5.5 m
Height of the sluices: 6.5 m

Energy
Energy output of the station: 210 MW
Guaranteed power: 182.4 MW, average
Maximum gross drop: 81.93 m