Nizhnekamsk Hydroelectric Station

Nizhnekamsk Dam
The hydroelectric power plant
Location of Nizhnekamsk Dam
Official name	Nizhnekamsk Hydroelectric Plant
Country	Russia
Location	Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan
Coordinates	55°41′58″N 52°16′42″E / 55.69944°N 52.27833°E / 55.69944; 52.27833Coordinates: 55°41′58″N 52°16′42″E / 55.69944°N 52.27833°E / 55.69944; 52.27833
Status	In use
Construction began	1963
Dam and spillways
Height	30 m (98 ft)
Length	3,900 m (12,795 ft)
Impounds	Kama River
Reservoir
Creates	Nizhnekamsk Reservoir
Capacity	2,800,000,000 m3 (2,269,997 acre·ft)
Surface area	1,084 km2 (419 sq mi)
Power station
Owner(s)	Tatenergo
Commission date	1979-1987
Hydraulic head	12.4 m (41 ft)
Turbines	16 x 78 MW Kaplan turbines
Installed capacity	1,248 MW
Annual generation	2.54 billion kWh

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.^[1]

See also

• Votkinsk Hydroelectric Station

References

1. ^ "Construction of the Lower Kama hydroelectric station". Power Technology and Engineering (formerly Hydrotechnical Construction). December, 1978. pp. 8–12. http://www.springerlink.com/content/rt1703w5rmg52537/. Retrieved 14 January 2011.