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Tismana Hydroelectric Power Station

The 928th tallest dam in the world

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Tismana Hydro Power Plant is a large power plant on the Motru River situated in Romania. The project was started in 1979 and finished in 1982 and it was made up by the construction of an arched concrete dam 48 m (157 ft) high which was equipped with two vertical turbines, the hydropower plant having an installed capacity of 106 MW. The power plant generates 262 GWh of electricity per year.

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

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