RusHydro
RusHydro (previous name: Hydro-OGK, russian: РусГидро) is a Russian hydroelectricity company. As of early 2012 it had a capacity of 34.9 gigawatts. In late 2009, it was the world's second-largest hydroelectric power producer and is the country's largest power-generating company and the largest successor to RAO UES. The conglomerate, which is partly government-owned, underwent a major consolidation beginning in July 2007. , the head of the company was Evgeny Dod. Its head office is in Obruchevsky District, South-Western Administrative Okrug, Moscow. Major power plants *Bureya Dam * Volga Hydroelectric Station * Votkinsk Hydroelectric Station *Dagestan Branch *Zhiguli Hydroelectric Station *Zagorskaya PSHPP * Zeya Dam *Irganayskaya HPP *Kabardino-Balkarian Branch *Kamskaya HPP *Karachaevo-Cherkessian Branch *Cascade of Verkhnevolzhskiye HPPs *Cascade of Kubanskiye HPPs *Nizhegorodskaya HPP *Novosibirskaya HPP * Saratov Hydroelectric Station * Boguchany Dam * S ...
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2009 Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydro Accident
On 17 August 2009, a turbine at the hydroelectric power station of the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam near Sayanogorsk in Russia failed catastrophically, flooding the turbine hall and killing 75 people. A section of the roof of the turbine hall collapsed; all but one of the ten turbines were damaged or destroyed. The entire plant output, totalling 6,400 megawatts (MW) – a significant portion of the supply to the local area – was lost, leading to widespread power outages. An official report on the accident was released in October 2009. Background The Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam is located on the Yenisey River in south-central Siberia, Russia, about south of Sayanogorsk, Kha