Novosibirsk Hydroelectric Station | |
Name Official: | Новосибирская ГЭС |
Country: | Russian Federation |
Location: | Novosibirsk Oblast |
Purpose: | P |
Status: | O |
Construction Began: | 1950 |
Opening: | 1957 |
Dam Type: | Concrete |
Dam Crosses: | Ob River |
Dam Height: | 33 m (108 ft) |
Res Name: | Novosibirsk Reservoir |
Res Capacity Total: | 8.8 km3 |
Res Surface: | 1,070 km2 |
Res Max Length: | 200 km (124 mi) |
Res Max Width: | 17 km (10.5 mi) |
Plant Capacity: | 490 MW[1] |
Novosibirsk Hydroelectric Station (Russian: Новосибирская гидроэлектростанция) is a hydroelectric power plant on the Ob River. It is located in Sovetsky City District of Novosibirsk, Russia.
Construction began in 1950. The station was separately visited by Nikita Khrushchev[2] and Richard Nixon[3] in 1959.
The Novosibirsk Shipping Canal is part of the hydroelectric power station.