The Șugag Dam is a large hydroelectric dam on the river
SebeÈ™ situated in
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...
. It creates the reservoir Lake Tău Bistra. The project was started and finished in the 1980s and it was made up by the construction of a
double arched concrete
dam measuring high. The facility generates power by utilizing two
turbines
A turbine ( or ) (from the Greek , ''tyrbē'', or Latin ''turbo'', meaning vortex) is a rotary mechanical device that extracts energy from a fluid flow and converts it into useful work. The work produced can be used for generating electrical ...
, totalling the installed capacity to , and generating of electricity annually.
See also
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List of power stations in Romania
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Description
Dams in Romania
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