The Bukhtarma Hydroelectric Power Plant is a
hydroelectric power
Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is Electricity generation, electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies 15% of the world's electricity, almost 4,210 TWh in 2023, which is more than all other Renewable energ ...
plant on the
Irtysh River
The Irtysh is a river in Russia, China, and Kazakhstan. It is the chief tributary of the Ob and is also the longest tributary in the world.
The river's source lies in the Mongolian Altai in Dzungaria (the northern part of Xinjiang, China) cl ...
upstream of
Serebryansk
Serebryansk (, ''Serebriansk''; ) is a town in Zyryan District in East Kazakhstan Region of eastern Kazakhstan. Population: The town is located on the right bank of the Irtysh River, downstream of the Bukhtarma Hydroelectric Power Plant.
Histo ...
,
East Kazakhstan
East Kazakhstan Region (; ) is a region of Kazakhstan. It occupies the easternmost part of Kazakhstan, and includes parts of the Irtysh River, Lake Markakol, and Lake Zaysan. Its administrative center is Öskemen (also known as Ust'-Kamenogorsk ...
. The plant has 9 individual
turbine
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 ...
s
[Bukhtarma Power Station]
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s and generates 2.77 billion kilowatt-hour
A kilowatt-hour ( unit symbol: kW⋅h or kW h; commonly written as kWh) is a non-SI unit of energy equal to 3.6 megajoules (MJ) in SI units, which is the energy delivered by one kilowatt of power for one hour. Kilowatt-hours are a comm ...
s of electricity per year. The plant is operated by Kazzinc
Kazzinc (, قازمىرىش, ) with its headquarters in Oskemen is Kazakhstan's largest producer of zinc, lead and precious metals. The general investor is Glencore International AG. Kazzinc’s core operations are in East-Kazakhstan, Karaga ...
under a long-term concession. It is integrated into Kazakhstan's national electricity system and is used as a peak producer to regulate supply.[
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See also
* List of power stations in Kazakhstan
Notes
References
Hydroelectric power stations in Kazakhstan
Hydroelectric power stations built in the Soviet Union
Dams on the Irtysh River
Kazzinc
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