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Kapshagay Hydroelectric Power Plant

The 928th tallest dam in the world

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The Kapshagay Hydroelectric Power Plant (Kazakh, Qapshaǵaı sý elektr stantsııasy, earlier) is a hydroelectricity power plant on the Ili River in Almaty Province of Kazakhstan. Constructed between 1965 and 1970, it has four individual turbines with a nominal output of around 91 MW which will deliver up to 364 MW of power and generates 972 million kilowatt-hours of electricity per year. It is operated by Almaty Power Stations, and fed by Kapchagay Reservoir (resulting from the construction of Kapchagay Dam).

Dam data from Wikidata (CC0) plus curated additions. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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