Üch-Korgon Hydroelectric Power Station Explained

Üch-Korgon Hydro Power Plant
Name Official:Учкурганская ГЭC
Coordinates:41.1878°N 72.1606°W
Location:Shamaldy-Say
Status:O
Th Fuel Primary:Hydropower
Ps Units Operational:4
Ps Electrical Capacity:180 MW
Commissioned:1962

The Üch-Korgon Hydro Power Plant (Kirghiz; Kyrgyz: Үч-Коргон ГЭСи, Russian: Уч-Курганская ГЭС) is an active hydroelectric plant on the river Naryn in Shamaldy-Say, Kyrgyzstan, upstream from Uchqoʻrgʻon in Uzbekistan. Completed in 1962, it is the oldest of the three hydroelectric plants on the river Naryn near Tash-Kömür, 25 km downstream from the Shamaldy-Say Hydroelectric Power Station.[1] It has 4 individual turbines with a nominal output of around 45 MW and a total nominal capacity of 180 MW.[1] The power plant's dam is 340NaN0 tall and it creates a 530000000NaN0 reservoir of which200000000NaN0 is active (or useful) for power generation.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tash-Kömür cascade of HPP. Energo-ES. 14 January 2022. ru.
  2. Web site: List of major hydroelectric facilities of the Kyrgyz Republic. CA Water. 24 February 2012. ru.