RusHydro (previous name: Hydro-OGK, russian: РусГидро) is a Russian
hydroelectricity
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company. As of early 2012 it had a capacity of 34.9
gigawatts
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. 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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.
Major power plants
*Bureya Dam
The Bureya Dam (locally referred to as Bureyskaya, russian: Бурейская ГЭС) is a hydroelectric dam on the Bureya River in the Russian Far East.
History
Bureya hydroelectric power station was built by Bureyagesstroy. Construction star ...
* Volga Hydroelectric Station
* Votkinsk Hydroelectric Station
*Dagestan Branch
*Zhiguli Hydroelectric Station
The Zhiguli Hydroelectric Station or Zhigulyovskaya Hydroelectric Station (russian: Жигулёвская ГЭС, Zhigulyovskaya GES++), formerly known as Kuybyshev Hydroelectric Station (Kuybyshev GES) is a large dam and hydroelectric statio ...
*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
The Cheboksary Dam (russian: Чебокса́рская ГЭС, Cheboksary GES) is a hydroelectric dam on the Volga river, the latest of the Volga-Kama Cascade of dams.
Technical data
Construction started in the USSR in 1968 and mostly complete ...
Performance indicators
Sanctions
On 24 February 2022, in response to Russia's invasion
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of Ukraine
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, US President Joe Biden 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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