Nizhnekamsk Dam | |
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The hydroelectric power plant |
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Official name | Nizhnekamsk Hydroelectric Plant |
Country | Russia |
Location | Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan |
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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]