Boguchany Dam | |
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Official name | Богучанская ГЭС |
Country | Russia |
Location | Kodinsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai |
Coordinates | 58°41′41″N 99°08′56″E / 58.69472°N 99.14889°E |
Construction began | 1974 |
Opening date | 2012, complete 2015 |
Operator(s) | RusHydro and Rusal |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Combined gravity and rock-fill dam |
Impounds | Angara River |
Height | 96 m (315 ft) |
Length | 2,587 m (8,488 ft) |
Width (crest) | Rock-fill section: 20 m (66 ft)[1] |
Width (base) | Rock-fill section: 212 m (696 ft)[1] |
Spillway type | surface-stepped and penstocks, gate-controlled |
Spillway capacity | 11,078 m3/s (391,216 cu ft/s) |
Reservoir | |
Creates | Boguchany Reservoir |
Total capacity | 58.2 km3 (47,183,508 acre⋅ft) [2] |
Active capacity | 2.31 km3 (1,872,747 acre⋅ft) |
Catchment area | 831,000 km2 (320,851 sq mi) |
Surface area | 2,326 km2 (898 sq mi) |
Maximum water depth | 75 m (246 ft) |
Power Station | |
Operator(s) | RusHydro Owner: RusHydro/Rusal |
Commission date | 2012 |
Hydraulic head | 65.5 m (215 ft) |
Turbines | 9 × 333 MW Francis-type |
Installed capacity | 2,997 MW |
Annual generation | 17.6 TWh |
The Boguchany Dam (Russian: Богучанская ГЭС) is a large hydroelectric dam on the Angara River in Kodinsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It has an installed capacity of 2,997 MW. Construction of the power plant was completed when a ninth and final generator was brought online in January 2015.[3]