World Tourism Day: Rural Development

Perforation type: 12 ½x12 ½

Subject:

The sheet is designed like a map of Uruguay, with the indicated tourist, national and economic characteristics and symbols of the country and divided into stamps in no particular order.

 

One of the national and economic symbol of the country is the Salto Grande Dam*. It is located in the upper left part of the sheet and is part of the design of sheet fields (see the fragment).

Additional:

*The Salto Grande Dam is a large hydroelectric dam on the Uruguay River, located between Concordia, Argentina, and Salto, Uruguay; thus shared between the two countries.

 

The construction of the dam began in 1974 and was completed in 1979. Power is generated by fourteen Kaplan turbines, totaling the installed capacity to 1,890 MW (2,530,000 hp). The dam passes approximately 64,000 cubic metres (2,300,000 cu ft) of water per second, compared to the current average flow of the Uruguay River at 4,622 cubic metres (163,200 cu ft). The reservoir has a total area of 783 square kilometres (302 sq mi), while its maximum dimensions are 140 by 9 kilometres (87.0 mi × 5.6 mi).

Size (of sheet, booklet) mm: 191x191

Perforation type: 12 ½x12 ½

Subject:

25 Uruguayan pesos.

The plot revealing the theme "Florida region. Cheese and Dairy Products".

 

Part of the disclosure of the topic is a farm wind turbine, which is usually used to pump groundwater to the surface of the earth for irrigation and other agricultural needs.

Perforation type: 12 ½x12 ½

Subject:

25 Uruguayan pesos.

A plot revealing the theme "Maldonado Region. Olive Oil".
The stamp symbolically depicts the Sierra de los Caracoles* wind farm, which located in the mountainous part of the south of the country

Additional:

In Uruguay's renewable energy sources, wind has become a major player today.

 

There are currently two wind farms in the country: *Sierra de los Caracoles, owned by UTE; and another privately held company, Nuevo Manantial, established in the Rocha department.

 

In the case of the Sierra de los Caracoles, 10 wind turbines with a total generating capacity of 20 MW are mentioned, which is enough to supply, for example, the city of San Carlos (population approx. 110,000).

 

In 2016, the total installed wind power capacity in the country exceeded 1,000 MW. This figure represents 17% of the country's total electricity production.

Already in July 2018, UTE announced that the record electricity demand was fully met by renewable sources, of which wind power is 34%.