Üch-Korgon Hydroelectric Power Station

Üch-Korgon Hydro Power Plant
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Official nameУчкурганская ГЭC
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LocationShamaldy-Say
Coordinates41°11′16″N 72°09′38″E / 41.18778°N 72.16056°E / 41.18778; 72.16056
StatusOperational
Commission date1962
Thermal power station
Primary fuelHydropower
Power generation
Units operational4
Nameplate capacity180 MW
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The Üch-Korgon Hydro Power Plant (Kyrgyz: Үч-Коргон ГЭСи, Russian: Уч-Курганская ГЭС) is an active hydroelectric plant on the river Naryn in Shamaldy-Say, Kyrgyzstan, upstream from Uchqoʻrgʻon in Uzbekistan. Completed in 1962, it is the oldest of the three hydroelectric plants on the river Naryn near Tash-Kömür, 25 km downstream from the Shamaldy-Say Hydroelectric Power Station.[1] It has 4 individual turbines with a nominal output of around 45 MW and a total nominal capacity of 180 MW.[1] 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.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Tash-Kömür cascade of HPP" (in Russian). Energo-ES. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  2. ^ "List of major hydroelectric facilities of the Kyrgyz Republic" (PDF) (in Russian). CA Water. Retrieved 24 February 2012.


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