Grodno Hydroelectric Power Station

Dam in Grodno

Grodno Dam

The dam under construction in 2008

Location of Grodno Dam in Belarus

Country| Belarus
Location| Grodno
Coordinates| 53°38′38.87″N 23°58′24.55″E﻿ / ﻿53.6441306°N 23.9734861°E﻿ / 53.6441306; 23.9734861
Purpose| Power
Status| Operational
Construction began| 2008
Opening date| 2012
Construction cost| US$118 million
Dam and spillways
Type of dam| Embankment with gravity spillway and powerhouse section
Impounds| Neman River
Height| 17 m (56 ft)
Hydraulic head| 6.9 m (23 ft)[1]
Turbines| 5 x 3.4 MW Kaplan-type
Installed capacity| 17 MW
Annual generation| 84.4 GWh

Grodno Hydroelectric Power Station is a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power station on the Neman River, about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) east of Grodno in Belarus. Construction on the 17 megawatts (23,000 hp) power station began in 2008 and it became operational on 1 September 2012.[2] It is the largest hydroelectric power station in Belarus.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Designed Projects" (PDF). UHP Kharkova. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
2. ^ "Grodno hydroelectric energy" (in Belarusian). Belarus News. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
3. ^ "Grodno HPS: What turned the project" (in Belarusian). Evening Grodno. 19 June 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2014.

## External links[edit]

* Belarus portal
* Water portal
* Renewable energy portal

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