Üch-Korgon Hydroelectric Power Station
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The Üch-Korgon Hydro Power Plant (, ) is an active hydroelectric plant on the river
Naryn Naryn ( ; ) is the regional administrative center of Naryn Region in central Kyrgyzstan. Its area is , and its estimated population was 41,178 as of January 2021. The town was established as a fortress on the caravan route in 1868. It is situated ...
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Shamaldy-Say Shamaldy-Say () is an urban-type settlement in Jalal-Abad Region, Kyrgyzstan. The town is administratively subordinated to town Tash-Kömür Tash-Kömür (, ''Tash-Kumyr'') is one of the five largest towns of Jalal-Abad Region in Southern Kyrgy ...
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Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir Mountains, Pamir mountain ranges. Bishkek is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Kyrgyzstan, largest city. Kyrgyz ...
, upstream from Uchqoʻrgʻon in
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. Completed in 1962, it is the oldest of the three hydroelectric plants on the river Naryn near
Tash-Kömür Tash-Kömür (, ''Tash-Kumyr'') is one of the five largest towns of Jalal-Abad Region in Southern Kyrgyzstan. It is a city of regional significance, not part of a district. Its area is , and its resident population was 44,065 in 2021. It is loca ...
, 25 km downstream from the
Shamaldy-Say Hydroelectric Power Station The Shamaldy-Say Hydro Power Plant (, ) 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 T ...
. It has 4 individual
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s with a nominal output of around 45 MW and a total nominal capacity of 180 MW. The power plant's dam is tall and it creates a reservoir of which is active (or useful) for power generation.


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Hydroelectric power stations in Kyrgyzstan Dams in Kyrgyzstan Hydroelectric power stations built in the Soviet Union Dams completed in 1974 Dams on the Naryn River {{Kyrgyzstan-struct-stub