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Gitaru Hydroelectric Power Station

Kenya

The 1999th largest power station in the world

225 MW · Capacity

The Gitaru Hydroelectric Power Station, also known as the Gitaru Dam, is a rock and earth-filled embankment dam on the Tana River in Kenya. It straddles the border between Embu and Machakos Counties in the former Eastern Province. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation. It supports a 225 megawatt power station.

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

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