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Uch Kurgansk Hydroelectric Power Station

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Official name
  
Учкурганская ГЭC

Status
  
Active

Nameplate capacity
  
180 MW

Primary fuel
  
Hydropower

Location
  
Шамалды-Сай

Commission date
  
1964

Opened
  
1974

Units operational
  
4

Uch-Kurgansk Hydroelectric Power Station

Similar
  
Kurpsai Dam, Toktogul Dam, Fergana Range, Chardara Dam, Zhinvali Dam

The Uch-Kurgansk Hydro Power Plant is an active hydro power project on the Naryn River in Uch-Kurgansk, Kyrgyzstan. It has 4 individual turbines with a nominal output of around 45 MW which will deliver up to 180 MW of power. The power plant's dam is 34 m (112 ft) tall and it creates a 53,000,000 m3 (42,968 acre·ft) reservoir of which20,000,000 m3 (16,214 acre·ft) is active (or useful) for power generation.

Map of Uch-Kurgan Dam, Kyrgyzstan

References

Uch-Kurgansk Hydroelectric Power Station Wikipedia