Grodno Hydroelectric Power Station

Grodno Dam

The dam under construction in 2008
Location of Grodno Dam in Belarus
Country Belarus
Location Grodno
Coordinates 53°38′38.87″N 23°58′24.55″E / 53.6441306°N 23.9734861°E / 53.6441306; 23.9734861Coordinates: 53°38′38.87″N 23°58′24.55″E / 53.6441306°N 23.9734861°E / 53.6441306; 23.9734861
Purpose Power
Status Operational
Construction began 2008
Opening date 2012
Construction cost US$118 million
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Embankment with gravity spillway and powerhouse section
Impounds Neman River
Height 17 m (56 ft)
Power station
Hydraulic head 6.9 m (23 ft)[1]
Turbines 5 x 3.4 MW Kaplan-type
Installed capacity 17 MW
Annual generation 84.4 GWh

Grodno Hydroelectric Power Station is a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power station on the Neman River, about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) east of Grodno in Belarus. Construction on the 17 megawatts (23,000 hp) power station began in 2008 and it became operational on 1 September 2012.[2] It is the largest hydroelectric power station in Belarus.[3]

References

  1. "Designed Projects" (PDF). UHP Kharkova. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  2. "Grodno hydroelectric energy" (in Belarusian). Belarus News. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  3. "Grodno HPS: What turned the project" (in Belarusian). Evening Grodno. 19 June 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
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