Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam

Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam
Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam
	Location of Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam in Russia
Location	Sayanogorsk, Khakassia, Russia
Coordinates	52°49′33″N 91°22′13″E / 52.82583°N 91.37028°E
Construction began	1963
Opening date	1978–1985
Operator(s)	RusHydro
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Arch-gravity dam
Impounds	Yenisei River
Height	242 m (794 ft)
Length	1,066 m (3,497 ft)
Width (crest)	25 m (82 ft)
Width (base)	105.7 m (347 ft)
Spillway capacity	13,600 m3/s (480,000 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
Creates	Sayano-Shushenskoe reservoir
Total capacity	31.3 km3 (7.5 cu mi)
Surface area	621 km2 (240 sq mi)
Power Station
Type	Conventional
Hydraulic head	194 m (636 ft)
Turbines	10 × 640 MW
Installed capacity	6,400 MW
Annual generation	23.5 TWh

The Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam (Russian: Сая́но-Шу́шенская гидроэлектроста́нция, Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelektrostantsiya) is located on the Yenisei River, near Sayanogorsk in Khakassia, Russia. It is the largest power plant in Russia and the 12th-largest hydroelectric plant in the world, by average power generation. The full legal name of the power plant, OJSC [Open Joint-Stock Society] P. S. Neporozhny Sayano-Shushenskaya HPP [hydro power plant], refers to the Soviet-time Minister of Energy and Electrification Pyotr Neporozhny.^[1] As of 2009^[update] the head of the power plant was Valery Kyari.^[2]

^ Microsoft Word – RusHydro_Annual Report.doc Archived 24 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine. (PDF) . Retrieved on 2011-06-20.
^ "Even worse disaster was prevent in first hour after dam accident -expert". Interfax. 30 August 2009. Archived from the original on 31 August 2009. Retrieved 5 September 2009.

[1] Microsoft Word – RusHydro_Annual Report.doc Archived 24 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine. (PDF) . Retrieved on 2011-06-20.

[interfax300909-2] "Even worse disaster was prevent in first hour after dam accident -expert". Interfax. 30 August 2009. Archived from the original on 31 August 2009. Retrieved 5 September 2009.

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