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Shamaldy-Say Hydroelectric Power Station

The 928th tallest dam in the world

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The Shamaldy-Say Hydro Power Plant (Kyrgyz) is an active hydro power plant on the river Naryn between Tash-Kömür and Shamaldy-Say, in Kyrgyzstan. Completed between 1992 and 1996, it is one of the three hydro power plants on the river Naryn near Tash-Kömür, 14 km downstream from the Tash-Kömür Hydroelectric Power Station. It has 3 individual turbines with a nominal output of around 80 MW and a total nominal capacity of 180 MW. The power plant's dam is 37 m (121 ft) tall and creates a 41,000,000 m3 (33, 239 acre⋅ft) reservoir of which 5,500,000 m3 (4, 459 acre⋅ft) is active (or useful) for power generation.

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

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