The Kaunas Hydroelectric Power Plant () is a

hydroelectric 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 ...

power plant located on the

Nemunas River Neman, Nemunas or Niemen is a river in Europe that rises in central Belarus and flows through Lithuania then forms the northern border of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia's western exclave, which specifically follows its southern channel. It drains ...

about southeast of

Kaunas Kaunas (; ) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius, the fourth largest List of cities in the Baltic states by population, city in the Baltic States and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaun ...

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. It was completed in 1960 and its dam created the

Kaunas Reservoir Kaunas Reservoir (, Kaunas Lagoon, Kaunas Sea) is the largest Lithuanian artificial lake, created in 1959 by damming the Nemunas River near Kaunas and Rumšiškės. It occupies 63.5 square kilometers, which is about 0.1% of the total territory o ...

. Owned by

Ignitis Group Ignitis Group (Ignitis grupė AB; former name: Lietuvos Energija UAB) is a state-owned energy holding company located in Vilnius, Lithuania. The Group’s core business is focused on operating Lithuania’s electricity distribution network (Network ...

, it operates in conjunction with the

Kruonis Pumped Storage Plant Kruonis Pumped Storage Plant (the KPSP) is a pumped storage hydroelectric power plant located near Kruonis, Lithuania, east of Kaunas. Its main purpose is to provide grid energy storage. It operates in conjunction with the Kaunas Hydroelectri ...

. The plant consists of 4 turbines each rated at 25.2 MW for a total power of 100.8

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s. It supplies about 4% of the electrical demand in Lithuania, in 2020 its production was 0.23 TWh. A renovation was begun in 2005, with work to be performed in partnership with the multinational conglomerate

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. The first phase was completed in November 2008; completion is scheduled for the end of 2009.

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about the construction of Kaunas Hydroelectric Power Plant (in Lithuanian language) {{stack, {{Portal, Lithuania, Water, Renewable energy Hydroelectric power stations in Lithuania Buildings and structures in Kaunas Dams in Lithuania

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