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Shamaldy-Say Hydroelectric Power Station

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The 928th tallest dam in the world

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The Shamaldy-Say Hydro Power Plant (Kyrgyz) is an active hydro power plant on the river Naryn between Tash-Kömür and Shamaldy-Say, in Kyrgyzstan. Completed between 1992 and 1996, it is one of the three hydro power plants on the river Naryn near Tash-Kömür, 14 km downstream from the Tash-Kömür Hydroelectric Power Station. It has 3 individual turbines with a nominal output of around 80 MW and a total nominal capacity of 180 MW. The power plant's dam is 37 m (121 ft) tall and creates a 41,000,000 m3 (33, 239 acreft) reservoir of which 5,500,000 m3 (4, 459 acreft) is active (or useful) for power generation.

Dam data from Wikidata (CC0) plus curated additions. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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