Kapshagay Hydroelectric Power Plant | |
Location: | Kapshagay |
Coordinates: | 43.9228°N 77.0981°W |
Status: | O |
Th Fuel Primary: | Hydropower |
Ps Units Operational: | 4 |
Ps Electrical Capacity: | 364 MW |
The Kapshagay Hydroelectric Power Plant (kk|Қапшағай су электр станциясы, Qapshaǵaı sý elektr stantsııasy; ru|Капшагайская ГЭС, earlier Капчагайская ГЭС) is a hydroelectricity power plant on the Ili River in Almaty Province of Kazakhstan. Constructed between 1965 and 1970, it has four individual turbines[1] with a nominal output of around 91 MW which will deliver up to 364 MW of power and generates 972 million kilowatt-hours of electricity per year.
It is operated by Almaty Power Stations,[2] and fed by Kapchagay Reservoir (resulting from the construction of Kapchagay Dam).