Country Russia Impounds Kama River Phone +7 855 274-51-59 Construction began 1963 | Status In use Height 30 m (98 ft) Create Nizhnekamsk Reservoir | |
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Official name Nizhnekamsk Hydroelectric Plant Location Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan Address Shlyuzovaya ul., 5, Naberezhnye Chelny, Respublika Tatarstan, Russia, 423800 Similar Cheboksary Dam, Zhiguli Hydroelectric Station, Ust‑Ilimsk Hydroelectric Power St, Volga Hydroelectric Station, Chirkey Dam | ||
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. Work on this dam began in 1963 and was not comlpeted until 1990. work on the resioviour is still done to help maintain it.inside this massive hydroelectric dam there is a smaller spillway dam
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