hydro-russia


Bureyskaya Location: Amur 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 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	Krasnoyarsk Location: Krasnoyarsk Operator: JSC Krasnoyarsk HPS Configuration: 12 X 500 MW Francis Operation: 1967-1971 T/G supplier: LMZ, Electrosila EPC: Gidroenergoproekt Quick facts: This plant is on the Enisei River near Divnogorsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai. Construction started in 1967 and the reservoir was filled in 1970, ultimately extending for approximately 390km. The cost of project development and construction was 803mn rubles. The concrete gravity dam reaches 128m and the crest length is 1,072.5m. Krasnoyarsk was designed and built as an integral part of a heavy industrial complex that includes the power plant, the Achinsk Alumina Plant, the Krasnoyarsk Aluminum Plant (KRAZ), and the Krasnoyarsk Metallurgical Plant (Rolling Mill). These enterprises joined several others to form a financial-industrial group known as TaNAKo. The Russian energy company Sibneft acquired a substantial position in TaNAKo in 2000. The plant has been extensively modernized. Photograph courtesy of JSC Krasnoyarsk HPS Posted 31 Jan 2010

Kureyka Location: Krasnoyarsk Operator: Krasnoyarskenergo Configuration: 5 X 120 MW Francis Operation: 1987-1989 T/G supplier: Tyazhmash, Elsib Photograph by Alexander Kuptsova Posted 30 May 2002	Mayna Location: Krasnoyarsk Operator: RusHydro Configuration: 3 X 107 MW Kaplan Operation: 1984-1985 T/G supplier: Kharkov, Electrosila EPC: Lenhydroprojekt Quick facts: Development of the Mayna power station began in 1979. Photograph courtesy of Lenhydroprojek Posted 3 Jul 2006	Nizhnekamsk Location: Tatarstan Republic Operator: Tatenergo Configuration: 16 X 75 MW Kaplan Operation: 1979-1987 T/G supplier: LMZ, Elsib Photograph courtesy of Tatenergo Posted 10 Sep 2006

Volzhskaya (Congress) Location: Volgograd Operator: RusHydro Configuration: 22 X 115 MW Kaplan Operation: 1958-1962 T/G supplier: LMZ, Electrosila Quick facts: Construction started in 1951 and the total construction work force peaked at about 25,000. The dam and powerhouse complex is 5km long. Photograph by Irina Lobacheva and courtesy of City of Volgograd Posted 28 May 2005	Vilyusk Location: Sakha Republic 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	Sayano-Shushenskaya Location: Khakass Republic Operator: RusHydro Configuration: 10 X 650 MW Francis Operation: 1978-1985 T/G supplier: LMZ, Electrosila EPC: Lenhydroproject Quick facts: This is the largest hydroelectric plant in Russia and one of the 10 largest power stations in the world. Development began in 1960 and construction started in 1968. The concrete arch dam reaches 245.5m in height and is 1,066m long. Average annual production is 23.5 TWh and as much as 70% of the output is delivered to four Rusal smelters in Siberia. On 17 Aug 2009, the facility suffered a catastrophic accident that destroyed Unit-2, badly damaged some of the other machines, and killed 74 people. Repair and reconstruction will cost at least $1.2bn. Photograph by Aleksey Foris (wikipedia) Posted 2 Jan 2010

Zelenchukskaya Location: Karachay-Cherkess Republic Operator: RusHydro Configuration: 4 X 80 MW Operation: 1999-2010 T/G supplier: Kharkov, UETM EPC: Bureyagesstroy Quick facts: This is the largest power plant in the Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia. Construction started in the mid-1970s but the project was suspended due to the lack of financing. Construction re-started about 20yrs later and the first unit was commissioned in Aug 1999. Unit-3 cost about R1.5bn. Photograph courtesy of RAO UES Posted 8 Jul 2007	Zeya Location: Amur 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. Part of HydroWGC. Photograph courtesy of Zeya GES Posted 21 May 2005	Zhigulevskaya Location: Volgograd Operator: Volzhskaya Lenin GES Configuration: 20 X 126 MW Kaplan Operation: 1955 T/G supplier: LMZ, Electrosila Quick facts: This is one of the two large hydro plants built on the Volga River in the mid-1950s. Formerly known as Volzhskaya Lenin. Photograph courtesy of Volzhskaya Lenin GES Posted 21 May 2005