Zagorsk Pumped Storage Station Explained

Zagorsk Pumped Storage Station
Name Official:Zagorskaya PSP
Coordinates:56.4817°N 38.1911°W
Opening:1987–2000
Owner:RusHydro
Plant Pumpgenerators:6 x 200MW
Plant Capacity:1200MW
Plant Annual Gen:1.9 billion kWh

Zagorsk Pumped Storage Station (Russian: Заго́рская гидроаккумули́рующая электроста́нция) is a pumped-storage hydroelectric power station near Sergiev Posad, Russia. Zagorsk-1 has a installed capacity and was Russia's first power plant of that type. The project was approved in 1974, the first two generators operational in 1987 and the rest by 2000.[1] Zagorsk-2 with a future installed capacity of 840 MW is currently being constructed adjacent to it.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Overview. RUSHydro. 4 April 2011. ru. 9 March 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120309013130/http://www.zagaes.rushydro.ru/pshpp/general. dead.
  2. Web site: Zagorsk Hydroelectric Pumped Storage Power Plant-2. SKMOST. 4 April 2011. 15 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110815164421/http://en.skmost.ru/objects/gidro/zagorskaya/. dead.