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Șugag Dam

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Location
  
Sebeş, Romania

Surface area
  
0.81 km (0.31 sq mi)

Annual generation
  
260 GWh

Area
  
81 ha

Type of dam
  
Arch dam

Impounds
  
Sebeş River

Installed capacity
  
150 MW

Height
  
78 m

Impound
  
Sebeș

Total capacity
  
21,000,000 m (740,000,000 cu ft)

The Şugag Dam is a large hydroelectric dam on the Sebeş River situated in Romania. The project was started and finished in the 1980s and it was made up by the construction of a double arched concrete dam measuring 78 m (256 ft) high. The facility generates power by utilizing two turbines, totalling the installed capacity to 150 MW, and generating 260 GWh of electricity annually.

References

Șugag Dam Wikipedia