Impounds Kama River Phone +7 855 274-51-59 Construction began 1963 | Status In use Height 30 m (98 ft) | |
Official name Nizhnekamsk Hydroelectric Plant 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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