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Boguchany Dam
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The Boguchany Dam is a large hydroelectric dam currently under construction on the Angara River in Kodinsk, Russia. The Boguchany Dam is a 2,587 m (8,488 ft) long gravity dam, which includes reinforced concrete 774 m (2,539 ft) long segment for power station building and temporal ship lock. The power station will consist of nine turbines with a capacity of 330 MW each. It will generate 17.6 TWh of electricity per year. Turbines are manufactured by Power Machines. The power station is built by and will be owned and operated by OAO Boguchanskaya GES, a joint venture of RusHydro and Rusal. The energy from the plant will be used, among others, by a large Boguchany Aluminium Smelter (to be launched in 2013).
| Boguchany Dam | |
|---|---|
| Official name | Богучанская ГЭС |
| Location | Kodinsk, Russia |
| Construction began | 1974 |
| Opening date | 2011 |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | Gravity dam |
| Height | 79 m (259 ft) |
| Length | 2,587 m (8,488 ft) |
| Crest width | 20 m (66 ft) |
| Base width | 212 m (696 ft) |
| Impounds | Angara River |
| Reservoir | |
| Creates | Boguchany Reservoir |
| Capacity | 1,612,000,000 m3 (5.69×1010 cu ft) |
| Power station | |
| Turbines | 9 × 330 MW |
| Installed capacity | 2,970 MW |
| Annual generation | 17.6 TWh |
