Lenhydroproject () is a major research and design institute for

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and

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 ...

engineering based in

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. Since 1993 it is incorporated as a " JSC Lenhydroproject", part of

RusHydro RusHydro (previous name: Hydro-OGK, ) 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 p ...

company.About Lenhydroproject
a RusHydro webpage The institute traces its history to the "Northern Russia hydro resources investigation team" established in April 1917 for research of rivers for the Ministry of Railroads.

Projects

Power stations

* Sayano–Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station * Krasnoyarsk hydroelectric power station * Narva Hydroelectric Station * Zeya Hydroelectric Station *

Votkinsk Hydroelectric Station The Votkinsk Hydroelectric Station (''Russian: Воткинская ГЭС'') is a dam and hydroelectric power station on the Kama River along the border of Perm Krai and Udmurtia, Russia. It is south of Votkinsk and its main purpose is power gen ...

(

Votkinsk Reservoir Votkinsk Reservoir is a reservoir formed by the dam of the Votkinsk Hydroelectric Station on the Kama River in Perm Krai, Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of coun ...

) * Chirkey Hydroelectric Station *

Ust-Srednekan Hydroelectric Plant Ust-Srednekan Hydroelectric Plant is a hydroelectric power station Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies 15% of the world's electricity, almost 4,210 TWh in 2023 ...

Dams of height over 100m

* Sayano-Shushensk Dam (242 m) *

Chirkey Dam The Chirkey Dam (Chirkeisk GES) is an arch dam on the Sulak River in Dagestan, Russia. The main purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power production, and it supports a 1,000 MW power station. Construction on the dam began in 1964, the first g ...

(232 m) *

Bureya Dam The Bureya Dam (locally referred to as Bureyskaya, ) is a hydroelectric dam on the Bureya River in the Russian Far East. History Bureya hydroelectric power station was built by Bureyagesstroy. Construction started in 1976, but was halted until ...

(140 m) * Kolyma Dam (126 m) *

Krasnoyarsk Dam The Krasnoyarsk Dam is a high concrete gravity dam located on the Yenisey River about upstream from Krasnoyarsk in Divnogorsk, Russia. It was constructed from 1956 to 1972, and it supplies about 6,000 MW of electricity, mostly used to supply the ...

(124 m) *

Zeya Dam The Zeya Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Zeya River by the town of Zeya, Russia, Zeya, Amur Oblast, Russia, north of the China, Chinese border. On average the Zeya Hydroelectricity, Hydroelectric Power Station generates 4.91 TWh of ele ...

(115 m) * Irganai Dam (101 m)

References

External links

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