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°ECoordinates: 53°38′38.87″N 23°58′24.55″E / 53.6441306°N 23.9734861°E
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.