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Chirkey Dam

Buynaksky District, Russia

The 903rd largest power station in the world

1 GW · Capacity

The Chirkey Dam (Chirkeisk GES) is an arch dam on the Sulak River in Dagestan, Russia. The main purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power production, and it supports a 1,000 MW power station. Construction on the dam began in 1964, the first generator was operational by 1974, the last in 1976 while the project was officially completed in 1978. It is the tallest arch dam in Russia.

Power station data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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