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Zhiguli Hydroelectric Station

Samara Oblast, Russia

The 276th largest power station in the world

2.4 GW · Capacity

The Zhiguli Hydroelectric Station or Zhigulyovskaya Hydroelectric Station (Zhigulyovskaya GES), formerly known as Kuybyshev Hydroelectric Station (Kuybyshev GES) is a large dam and hydroelectric station on the Volga River, located near Zhigulyovsk and Tolyatti in Samara Oblast of Russia. It is the sixth stage of the Volga-Kama Cascade of dams, and the second largest of them by installed power generating capacity.

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

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