Lower Kama Hydroelectric Station
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 Russia. The purpose of the dam is power production, navigation and water supply. It powers a 1,248-megawatt (MW) station with 16 x 78 MW Kaplan turbine-generators. Work on the dam began in 1963 and was not completed until 1990. Work on the reservoir still continues to help maintain it.
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References
- ^ Okorochkov, V. P. (December 1978). "Construction of the Lower Kama hydroelectric station". Hydrotechnical Construction. 12 (12). Power Technology and Engineering (formerly Hydrotechnical Construction): 8–12. doi:10.1007/BF02304531. S2CID 109187845.
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