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Bureyskaya
Location: Amur - Far Eastern
Operator: RusHydro
Configuration: 6 X 335 MW Francis
Operation: 2003-2008
T/G supplier: LMZ, Electrosila
EPC: Lenhydroproject, Bureyagesstroy
Quick facts: This multiuse project is a lead
development scheme for Russia’s Far East. It is designed to reduce
regional fossil fuel consumption, allow for power exports to China, and
reduce flooding on the Bureya and Amur rivers. Bureyskaya HPS was approved
in 1982 and construction began the following year. The first unit was put
online in Jul 2003 by President Vladimir Putin and senior representatives
from RAO UES. The concrete gravity dam is 719m long and 140m high. A
unique design feature is the fact that all the main assembly and testing
on the electromechanical equipment has been done at the remote site. The
hydrogenerators are the largest air cooled machines in Russia and the CIS
countries.
Photograph courtesy of Lenhydroproject
Posted 3 Jul 2006 |
Kolyma
Location: Magadan - Far Eastern
Operator: Magadanenergo
Configuration: 5 X 108 MW
Operation: 1981-1996
T/G supplier: LMZ, Elsib
EPC: Lenhydroproject
Quick facts: In 1999, a 710km line from Magadan
to Ust-Omchug was completed allowing power from the Kolyma to
replace output from the Magadan CHP plant. Another large customer for the
plant output is the Omchak gold mine.
Photograph courtesy of JSC SibCOTES
Posted 6 Jan 2007 |
Tolmachev-1
Location: Kamchatka - Far Eastern
Operator: Kamchatskenergo
Configuration: 2 X 1.1 MW Propeller
Operation: 1999
T/G supplier: Uralhydromash, UETM
EPC: Lenhydroproject
Quick facts: Kamchatskenergo is an isolated power system under the
management of DVEUK. There are three plants in the Tolmachev cascade in the western part of the
Kamchatka Peninsula. The cascade was first approved in Mar 1996 and construction stared in 1997.
Photograph courtesy of Kamchatskenergo
Posted 10 Apr 2011 |
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Tolmachev-2
Location: Kamchatka - Far Eastern
Operator: Kamchatskenergo
Configuration: 2 X 12.4 MW Francis
Operation: 2010
T/G supplier: Uralhydromash, Electrosila
EPC: Lenhydroproject, DNEPR-SGEM
Quick facts: Commissioning at Tolmachev-2 began in Oct 2010 and the plant
was put into operation on 1 Dec 2010, the largest of three plants in the
Tolmachev cascade. The project was delayed for some time after financing
ran out in 2001.
Photograph courtesy of Kamchatskenergo
Posted 10 Apr 2011 |
Tolmachev-3
Location: Kamchatka - Far Eastern
Operator: Kamchatskenergo
Configuration: 2 X 11.5 MW Francis
Operation: 2000-2001
T/G supplier: Uralhydromash, UETM
EPC: Lenhydroproject
Quick facts: Commissioning at Tolmachev-2 began in Oct 2010 and the plant
was put into operation on 1 Dec 2010, the largest of three plants in the Tolmachev cascade.
Photograph courtesy of Kamchatskenergo
Posted 10 Apr 2011 |
Vilyusk
Location: Sakha Republic - Far Eastern
Operator: Alrosa Company Ltd
Configuration: 4 X 77 MW Kaplan, 4 X 85 MW Kaplan
Operation: 1968-1978
T/G supplier: Kharkov, Elsib
EPC: Lenhydroproject
Quick facts: This is the largest hydroelectric complex in the Yakutia region and is
used to power Alrosa diamond mining operations and also supplies the local grid.
Photograph courtesy of RAO UES
Posted 8 Jul 2007 |
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Zeya
Location: Amur - Far Eastern
Operator: RusHydro
Configuration: 4 X 225 MW, 2 X 215 MW Deriaz
Operation: 1975-1980
T/G supplier: LMZ, Electrosila
EPC: Lenhydroproject, Bureyagesstroy
Quick facts: This was the first large-scale hydro station in Pacific Russia and is an
area with annual temperature ranges of up to 80C. The plant has
adjustable-blade diagonal-flow turbines that were the largest in the world
at completion. This design allows for operation at low water storage
levels. The 714m long, 98m high hollow concrete buttress dam uses
cavitation-durable concrete with coarse-gravel filling, also a first.
Photograph courtesy of Zeya GES
Posted 21 May 2005 |
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