Kapshagay Hydroelectric Power Plant

Kapshagay Hydroelectric Power Plant
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.

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