Gorky Hydroelectric Station

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Gorky Hydroelectric Station is a major Soviet-era hydroelectric power plant on the Volga River in Russia, known for its large dam and role in regional power generation and navigation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hydroelectric power station ⓘ
run-of-the-river power plant ⓘ
affects navigation conditions on the Volga River ⓘ
water level of Gorky Reservoir ⓘ
annualGeneration about 1.5 TWh ⓘ
basinCountry Russia ⓘ
constructedBy Soviet Union ⓘ
constructionBegan 1948 ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union ⓘ
damCrosses Volga River ⓘ
damType concrete spillway dam ⓘ
elevationAtCrest about 84 m above sea level ⓘ
energySource flow of the Volga River ⓘ
fuelType hydropower ⓘ
gridConnection Russian national grid ⓘ
hasDam Gorky Dam ⓘ
hasNavigationLock yes ⓘ
hasReservoir Gorky Reservoir ⓘ
heritage Soviet-era infrastructure project ⓘ
historicalEra Soviet industrialization period ⓘ
linked to: Stalin era
inService true ⓘ
installedCapacity 520 MW ⓘ
languageOfName Russian ⓘ
localName Горьковская гидроэлектростанция ⓘ
locatedIn Nizhny Novgorod Oblast ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Moscow Time ⓘ
locatedNear Balakhna ⓘ
Nizhny Novgorod ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Volga River ⓘ
namedAfter Gorky (former name of Nizhny Novgorod) ⓘ
linked to: Nizhny Novgorod
numberOfTurbines 8 ⓘ
openingDate 1959 ⓘ
operator RusHydro ⓘ
ownedBy RusHydro ⓘ
partOf Unified Energy System of Russia ⓘ
Volga–Kama Cascade ⓘ
purpose navigation ⓘ
power generation ⓘ
water level regulation ⓘ
reservoirName Gorky Reservoir ⓘ
reservoirType artificial lake ⓘ
startOfOperation 1959 ⓘ
turbineType Kaplan turbine ⓘ
linked to: Kaplan turbines
usedFor Volga River navigation ⓘ
watercourse Volga River ⓘ

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Gorky Reservoir → createdBy → Gorky Hydroelectric Station ⓘ
Volzhsky → developedAround → Volzhskaya hydroelectric power station ⓘ
linked to: Gorky Hydroelectric Station
Saratov Hydroelectric Station → locatedDownstreamOf → Kuybyshev Hydroelectric Station ⓘ
linked to: Gorky Hydroelectric Station
Volga Hydroelectric Station dam → hasPart → Volga Hydroelectric Power Station ⓘ
linked to: Gorky Hydroelectric Station
Gorky Hydroelectric Station → localName → Горьковская гидроэлектростанция ⓘ
linked to: Gorky Hydroelectric Station
Zhigulevsk → locatedNear → Zhiguli Hydroelectric Station ⓘ
linked to: Gorky Hydroelectric Station
Zhigulevsk → hasNearbyInfrastructure → Zhiguli Hydroelectric Station ⓘ
linked to: Gorky Hydroelectric Station
RusHydro → owns → Zhigulevskaya Hydroelectric Power Station ⓘ
linked to: Gorky Hydroelectric Station
Cheboksary Hydroelectric Station → locatedUpstreamOf → Gorky Hydroelectric Station ⓘ
Cheboksary Hydroelectric Station → locatedDownstreamOf → Kuybyshev Hydroelectric Station ⓘ
linked to: Gorky Hydroelectric Station