The Koman Hydroelectric Power Station is a large

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power station (HPP), for which a dam on the

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was built. The dam is near the settlement of Koman, northern

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. It is the second of three dams of the Drin River cascade; the

Fierza Hydroelectric Power Station The Fierza Hydroelectric Power Station () is a large hydroelectric power station on the Drin River, in Albania Albania ( ; or ), officially the Republic of Albania (), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the ...

upstream, and the

Vau i Dejës Hydroelectric Power Station The Vau i Dejës Hydroelectric Power Station is a hydroelectric dam on the Drin River, in Albania, near the settlement of Vau i Dejës. Completed in 1973, the project consists of five turbines A turbine ( or ) (from the Greek , ''tyrbē'', ...

downstream. The dam, 130m tall, was completed in 1985 and the reservoir was filled with water at full capacity in 1986. Completed in 1986, the power station consists of four turbines of

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origin with a nominal capacity of each, totalling the installed capacity to .Komani Hydro Power Plant
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