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Baipaza
Location: Khatlon
Operator: Barki Tojik
Configuration: 4 X 150 MW Francis
Operation: 1985-1986
T/G supplier: UETM, Elsib
Quick facts: Baipaza is on the Vakhsh River downstream from Nurek and was
originally built to re-regulate flows from the larger plant. Subsequently,
however, the reservoir has been kept filled to maximize power generation.
The concrete-faced rockfill dam is about 70m high.
Photograph courtesy of Ministry of Energy
Posted 6 Oct 2007 |
Golovnaya
Location: Khatlon
Operator: Barki Tojik
Configuration: 3 X 35 MW, 3 X 45 MW
Operation: 1962-1963
T/G supplier: Kharkov, UETM
Quick facts: Units 3-6 were overhauled and uprated.
Photograph courtesy of Ministry of Energy
Re-posted 6 Oct 2007 |
Kairakkum
Location: Sogd
Operator: Barki Tojik
Configuration: 6 X 21 MW Kaplan
Operation: 1957
T/G supplier: Tyazhmash, UETM
Photograph by Bill Mathews
Posted 3 Jun 2007 |
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Nurek
Location: Tajikistan
Operator: Barki Tojik
Configuration: 9 X 335 MW Francis
Operation: 1972-1979
T/G supplier: Kharkov, UETM
Quick facts: Nurek's 300m dam on the Vakhsh River was long the second tallest in
the world. It was built by experts and contractors from the Soviet
Union between the years of 1961 and 1980 with a central core of cement
forming an impermeable barrier within the dam body of rock and earthfill
construction. The Nurek Reservoir is 70km long and is connected to a 14km
irrigation water tunnel.
Photograph courtesy of United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Re-posted 2 Dec 2009 |
Perepadnaya
Location: Khatlon
Operator: Barki Tojik
Configuration: 2 X 10.8 MW, 1 X 8.25 MW Francis
Operation: 1959
T/G supplier: Voith, AEG
Quick facts: Perepadnaya is the second plant in the Vakhsh cascade
complex and is fed by tailwaters from Golovnaya power plant and by an
irrigation canal.
Photograph courtesy of Ministry of Energy
Posted 6 Oct 2007 |
Sangtuda-1
Location: Tajikistan
Operator: JSC Sangtudinskaya GES-1
Configuration: 4 X 167.5 MW Francis
Operation: 2008-2009
T/G supplier: Power Machines Group
EPC: Gidroenergoprom, Tajikgidroenergostroi, ChirkeyGESstroy, OAO Zagranenergostroymontazh, OAO
Trust Hidromontazh
Quick facts: After over 20yrs of preparation and construction, Sangtuda-1
was officially launched on 31 Jul 2009 by the Russian and Tajik
Presidents. The site is 110km south of Dushanbe on the Vakhsh River. The
project was completed after a new JSC 75% owned by Inter RAO made
substantial investments.
Photograph courtesy of Barki Tojik
Re-posted 1 Sep 2010 |
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Varzob-1
Location: Dushanbe
Operator: Barki Tojik
Configuration: 2 X 3.72-MW Francis
Operation: 1936
T/G supplier: LMZ, Electrosila
Quick facts: The Varzob Hydroelectric Cascade consists of three plants on the Varzob River in
central Tajikistan. The plants are an important source of power for
Dushanbe.
Photograph by Bill Mathews
Posted 3 Jun 2007 |
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Varzob-2
Location: Dushanbe
Operator: Barki Tojik
Configuration: 2 X 7.2-MW Francis
Operation: 1949
T/G supplier: English Electric
Quick facts: This is the second plant in the Varzob cascade. Plant head is
76m.
Photograph by Bill Mathews
Posted 10 Jun 2007 |
