Boguchany Dam

Boguchany Dam

One of the nine turbines of the dam
Location of Boguchany Dam
Official name Богучанская ГЭС
Location Kodinsk, Russia
Coordinates
Construction began 1974
Opening date 2012-2013
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Combined gravity & rock-fill dam
Height 79 m (259 ft)
Length 2,587 m (8,488 ft)
Crest width Rock-fill section:
20 m (66 ft)[1]
Base width Rock-fill section:
212 m (696 ft)[1]
Impounds Angara River
Reservoir
Creates Boguchany Reservoir
Capacity 1,612,000,000 m3 (5.69×1010 cu ft)
Power station
Turbines 9 × 330 MW
Installed capacity 2,970 MW
Annual generation 17.6 TWh

The Boguchany Dam (Russian: Богучанская ГЭС) is a large hydroelectric dam currently under construction on the Angara River in Kodinsk, Russia.

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History

Preparatory works for construction started in 1974. The design was performed by Hydroproject in 1976. Construction of the power station started in 1980 but was suspended in 1994 due to the lack of financing. Work on the project resumed in 2005 when RAO UES (then owner of RusHydro) and Rusal agreed to develop the project jointly.[2] Construction re-started in 2007.[3] The first turbine was dispatched in 2008.[4][5] The power station's first three generators are expected to start production in 2012, reaching full capacity by 2013.[6][7]

Description

The Boguchany Dam is a 2,587 m (8,488 ft) long dam of combined type, which includes reinforced concrete 774 m (2,539 ft) long gravity segment for power station building and temporal ship lock, 1,813 m (5,948 ft) long segment of the dam is of rock-fill type with asphaltene-concrete diaphragm throughout all its length. The ship-lock was closed in 2010, its former location was included in concrete gravity section of the dam and was filled with concrete.

The power station will consist of nine turbines with a capacity of 330 MW each. It will generate 17.6 TWh of electricity per year. Turbines are manufactured by Power Machines.[4] The power station is built by and will be owned and operated by OAO Boguchanskaya GES, a joint venture of RusHydro and Rusal.[8] The energy from the plant will be used, among others, by a large Boguchany Aluminium Smelter (to be launched in 2013).

See also

References

  1. ^ a b (Russian) Готовность каменно-набросной плотины Богучанской ГЭС по укладке асфальтобетона к вводу первой очереди станции достигла 100 процентов, PJSC RusHydro, 2010/10/05
  2. ^ Kornysheva, Alena; Grib, Nataliya (2005-07-11). "Lords of the Stations". Kommersant. http://www.kommersant.com/page.asp?id=589847. Retrieved 2009-08-20. 
  3. ^ "UC RUSAL and HYDROOGK Commence Work on New Aluminium Smelter". AZo Journal of Materials Online. 2007-05-15. http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=8553. Retrieved 2009-08-20. 
  4. ^ a b "Power Machines pushes ahead with Boguchanskaya, La Yesca units". International Water Power and Dam Construction (Progressive Media Markets Ltd.). 2009-07-30. http://www.waterpowermagazine.com/story.asp?sectioncode=130&storyCode=2053738. Retrieved 2009-08-20. 
  5. ^ "Power Machines Ships First Hydro Turbine for Installation at Boguchansk HPP". Datamonitor (RedOrbit, Inc.). 2008-08-19. http://www.redorbit.com/news/business/1526031/power_machines_ships_first_hydro_turbine_for_installation_at_boguchansk/. Retrieved 2009-08-20. 
  6. ^ "Rusal and RusHydro join forces in Boguchanskaya hydropower plant build". Industrial Fuels and Power. September 17, 2010. http://www.ifandp.com/article/007183.html. Retrieved 18 September 2010. 
  7. ^ (Russian) Каменно-набросная плотина Богучанской ГЭС построена до отметки 202 метра, RusCable.Ru: Отраслевые новости, 09.11.2011
  8. ^ Vasilyeva, Nataliya (2009-08-19). "13 dead, 61 feared dead in Siberia plant explosion". Associated Press. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iP8LEhWDkeRuNFgkFHV4E-oee6TAD9A5UU2O0. Retrieved 2009-08-20. 

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