Volga Hydroelectric Station

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Volga Hydroelectric Power Station
Official name	Волжская ГЭС
Location	Volga, Russia
Coordinates	48°49′34″N 44°40′19″E / 48.82611°N 44.67194°E / 48.82611; 44.67194
Construction began	6 August 1950
Opening date	10 September 1961
Operator(s)	RusHydro
Dam and spillways
Impounds	Volga River
Height	44 m (144 ft)
Length	725 m (2,379 ft)
Reservoir
Creates	Volgograd Reservoir
Total capacity	31.5 km3 (8 cu mi)
Surface area	3,117 km2 (1,203 sq mi)
Power Station
Turbines	1 × 115.0 MW 16 × 125.5 MW 5 × 120.0 MW 1 × 11.0 MW
Installed capacity	2,734 MW[1][2][3] 2,744.5 MW (max)
Annual generation	10,999 GWh[4] (2015)
Static inverter of HVDC Volgograd-Donbass on dam

The Volga Hydroelectric Station or Volga GES (Russian: Волжская ГЭС) also known as the 22nd Congress of the CPSU Stalingrad/Volgograd Hydroelectric Power Station (Russian: Сталинградская/Волгоградская ГЭС имени XXII съезда КПСС), is the largest hydroelectric station in Europe, and it is the last of the Volga-Kama Cascade of dams, immediately before the Volga River flows into the Caspian Sea. It was the largest powerstation in the world between 1960 and 1963.^[5] Today, it is operated by the electricity company RusHydro.