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Tash-Kömür Hydroelectric Power Station

The 928th tallest dam in the world

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The Tash-Kömür Hydro Power Plant (Kyrgyz) is a hydroelectric power plant on the river Naryn in Tash-Kömür, Kyrgyzstan. Completed between 1985 and 1987, it is one of three hydro power plants on the river Naryn near Tash-Kömür, 14 km upstream from the Shamaldy-Say Hydroelectric Power Station. It has 3 individual turbines with a nominal output of around 150 MW and a total nominal capacity of 450 MW. The power plant's dam is 75 m (246 ft) tall, creating a 140,000,000 m3 (113, 500 acre⋅ft) reservoir of which 10,000,000 m3 (8, 107 acre⋅ft) is active (or useful) for power generation.

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