Nizhnekamsk Hydroelectric Station

Nizhnekamsk Dam

The hydroelectric power plant
Location of Nizhnekamsk Dam
Official name Nizhnekamsk Hydroelectric Plant
Country Russia
Location Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan
Coordinates
Status In use
Construction began 1963
Dam and spillways
Height 30 m (98 ft)
Length 3,900 m (12,795 ft)
Impounds Kama River
Reservoir
Creates Nizhnekamsk Reservoir
Capacity 2,800,000,000 m3 (2,269,997 acre·ft)
Surface area 1,084 km2 (419 sq mi)
Power station
Owner(s) Tatenergo
Commission date 1979-1987
Hydraulic head 12.4 m (41 ft)
Turbines 16 x 78 MW Kaplan turbines
Installed capacity 1,248 MW
Annual generation 2.54 billion kWh

The Nizhnekamsk Hydroelectric Station (Russian: Нижнекамская ГЭС), also known as Lower Kama, is a dam and hydroelectric power station on the lower Kama River near Naberezhnye Chelny in Tatarstan, Russia. The purpose of the dam is power production, navigation and water supply. It powers a 1,248 MW station with 16 x 78 MW Kaplan turbine-generators.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Construction of the Lower Kama hydroelectric station". Power Technology and Engineering (formerly Hydrotechnical Construction). December, 1978. pp. 8–12. http://www.springerlink.com/content/rt1703w5rmg52537/. Retrieved 14 January 2011.