Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam

The Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam is located on the Yenisei River, near Sayanogorsk in Khakassia, Russia. It is the largest power plant in Russia and the 12th-largest hydroelectric plant in the world, by average power generation. The full legal name of the power plant, OJSC P. S. Neporozhny Sayano-Shushenskaya HPP, refers to the Soviet era Mi…
The Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam is located on the Yenisei River, near Sayanogorsk in Khakassia, Russia. It is the largest power plant in Russia and the 12th-largest hydroelectric plant in the world, by average power generation. The full legal name of the power plant, OJSC P. S. Neporozhny Sayano-Shushenskaya HPP, refers to the Soviet era Minister of Energy and Electrification Pyotr Neporozhny. As of 2009 the head of the power plant was Valery Kyari.
  • Type of dam: Arch-gravity dam
  • Impounds: Yenisei River
  • Height: 242 m (794 ft)
  • Length: 1,066 m (3,497 ft)
  • Width (crest): 25 m (82 ft)
  • Width (base): 105.7 m (347 ft)
  • Spillway capacity: 13,600 m³/s (480,000 cu ft/s)

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