RusHydro (previous name: Hydro-OGK, ) is a Russian
hydroelectricity
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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 power-generating company and the largest successor to
RAO UES. The conglomerate, which is partly government-owned, underwent a major consolidation beginning in July 2007.
[
] , the head of the company was
Evgeny Dod.
[ Its head office is in Obruchevsky District, South-Western Administrative Okrug, ]Moscow
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. In 2021, the company's revenue amounted to 190 billion rubles.
Major power plants
* Bureya Dam
* Volga Hydroelectric Station
* Votkinsk Hydroelectric Station
*Dagestan Branch
* Zhiguli Hydroelectric Station
*Zagorskaya PSHPP
* Zeya Dam
*Irganayskaya HPP
*Kabardino-Balkarian Branch
*Kamskaya HPP
*Karachaevo-Cherkessian Branch
*Cascade of Verkhnevolzhskiye HPPs
*Cascade of Kubanskiye HPPs
*Nizhegorodskaya HPP
*Novosibirskaya HPP
* Saratov Hydroelectric Station
* Boguchany Dam
* Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam
*Northern Ossetian Branch
* Cheboksary Dam
Performance indicators
Owners and management
General Directors:
* Evgeny Dod (November 2009 - September 2015)
* Nikolay Shulginov (September 2015 - November 2020)
* Viktor Khmarin (November 2020 - recent)
Sanctions
On 24 February 2022, in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine
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, US President Joe Biden
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announced sanctions against several Russian individuals, entities and financial institutions, including RusHydro.
See also
* Kislaya Guba Tidal Power Station
* 2009 Sayano-Shushenskaya hydro accident
References
External links
Official site
Official site
RusHydro completes consolidation, '07 results jump
International Water Power and Dam Construction 10 July 2008
Big blue A clean-power colossus hopes to grow even bigger
24 July 2008 The Economist print edition
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Electric power companies of Russia
Hydroelectricity in Russia
Hydroelectric power companies of Russia
Energy companies established in 2004
Renewable resource companies established in 2004
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Government-owned companies of Russia
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Russian brands
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Russian entities subject to U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctions