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 NERFINISHED
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