Stratos Hydroelectric Dam

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The Stratos Hydroelectric Dam (Greek: Υδροηλεκτρικό φράγμα του Στράτου Ydroilektriko fragma tou Stratou) is a dam that dams up the Acheloos River just east of Stratos and north of the GR-5/E55 (Antirrio - Amfilochia - Ioannina).

[edit] History

The dam was first constructed in 1989 and created the Stratos artificial lake, the fourth of the lakes in the Acheloos projects after the Kastraki and Kremasta lakes.

[edit] The lake of the dam

In the dam contains four units of electrical production which powers up to 150 MW of electricity.

[edit] See also

• List of lakes in Greece