Kapshagay Hydroelectric Power Plant | |
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Location | Kapshagay |
Status | Active |
Power station information | |
Primary fuel | Hydropower |
Generation units | 4 |
Power generation information | |
Maximum capacity | 364 MW |
The Kapshagay Hydroelectric Power Plant (Russian: Капшагайская ГЭС, earlier Капчагайская ГЭС) is a hydroelectricity power plant on the Ili River in Almaty Province of Kazakhstan. Constructed between 1965 and 1970, it has four individual turbines[1] with a nominal output of around 91 MW which will deliver up to 364 MW of power and generates 972 million kilowatt-hours of electricity per year.