Turukhansk hydropower plant

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Turukhansk hydropower plant
Location: Evenkien , Russia
Drain: Lower Tunguska
Major cities nearby: Turukhansk
Turukhansk hydropower plant (Russia)
Turukhansk hydropower plant
Coordinates 65 ° 39 '16 "  N , 89 ° 55' 40"  E Coordinates: 65 ° 39 '16 "  N , 89 ° 55' 40"  E
Data on the structure
Construction time: planned
Height of the barrier structure : 200 m
Height above foundation level : 206 m
Building volume: 14 million m³
Power plant output: 12 GW (20 GW?)
Data on the reservoir
Water surface 9400 km²dep1
Storage space 45,000 million m³
Design flood : 70,000 m³ / s

The Turuchansk hydropower plant ( Russian Туруханская ГЭС / Turuchanskaja GES ) is a planned large hydropower plant on the Lower Tunguska in Siberia (Russia). The contradicting information about the planned output is 20 GW or 12 GW.

The site is 120 km upstream from Turukhansk , where the Lower Tunguska flows into the Yenisei . It is located in the Autonomous Region of Evenkien and therefore the project can also be found under the name Evenk HEPS (Hydro-Electric Power Station).

According to the plans, the power plant is to be built by 2020. It is possible that electricity production could start between 2016 [obsolete] and 2018 [obsolete] . The barrier structure is to be 200 m high. It has not yet been decided whether a gravity dam or a dam should be built. A concrete structure would have a volume of 14 million m³, a dam would be even larger.

The reservoir would also be the largest artificial lake in the world with 9400 km² of water. The flood relief should also be huge ; A capacity of 70,000 cubic meters per second is planned. The annual runoff should be 112 billion m³. According to the official website (see below), twelve turbines with 1 GW each are planned, i.e. a total output of 12 GW. The US Committee on Large Dams, the American national committee of the International Commission on Large Dams , speaks of a planned output of 20 GW.

The construction costs are estimated at nearly $ 12 billion. The electricity is to be conducted over a 3000 km long line (cost: 4 billion dollars) to central Russia, Tambov and Volgograd .

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