Üch-Korgon Hydroelectric Power Station
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Üch-Korgon Hydro Power Plant | |
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Official name | Учкурганская ГЭC |
Country | |
Location | Shamaldy-Say |
Coordinates | 41°11′16″N 72°09′38″E / 41.18778°N 72.16056°E |
Status | Operational |
Commission date | 1962 |
Thermal power station | |
Primary fuel | Hydropower |
Power generation | |
Units operational | 4 |
Nameplate capacity | 180 MW |
The Üch-Korgon Hydro Power Plant (Template:Lang-ky, Template:Lang-ru) is an active hydro power plant on the river Naryn in Shamaldy-Say, Kyrgyzstan, upstream from Uchqoʻrgʻon in Uzbekistan. Completed in 1962, it is the oldest of the three hydro power 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
- ^ a b "Tash-Kömür cascade of HPP" (in Russian). Energo-ES. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ^ "List of major hydroelectric facilities of the Kyrgyz Republic" (PDF) (in Russian). CA Water. Retrieved 24 February 2012.