Iron Gate I Hydroelectric Power Station

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Iron Gate I Hydroelectric Power Station is a major hydroelectric dam and power plant on the Danube River, jointly operated by Romania and Serbia and known as one of the largest such facilities in Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf gravity dam
hydroelectric power station
run-of-the-river dam
alsoKnownAs Porțile de Fier I Hydroelectric Power Station
Đerdap I Hydroelectric Power Station
annualGeneration approximately 11 TWh
borderCrosses Romania–Serbia border
constructionStartDate 1964
continent Europe
country Romania
Serbia
damHeight 60 m
damLength 1278 m
followedBy Iron Gate II Hydroelectric Power Station
hasPart Iron Gate I Dam
navigation lock
ship lift
impact submergence of Ada Kaleh island
inauguratedBy Josip Broz Tito
Nicolae Ceaușescu
inaugurationDate 1972-05-16
installedCapacity 2052 MW
languageVariantName HE Porțile de Fier I
linked to: Porțile de Fier I

HE Đerdap I
locatedIn Iron Gate gorge
linked to: Iron Gates Gorge
locatedNear Drobeta-Turnu Severin NERFINISHED
Kladovo
locatedOnRiver Danube River
linked to: Danube
numberOfTurbines 12
oneOfTheLargest hydroelectric power stations in Europe
hydroelectric power stations on the Danube
openingDate 1972
operator Elektroprivreda Srbije
Hidroelectrica
ownedBy Romania
Serbia
partOf Danube hydropower system
Romania–Serbia border
purpose electricity generation
flood control
navigation improvement
reservoirLength about 150 km
reservoirName Iron Gate I Reservoir
reservoirSurfaceArea about 1040 km²
sharedBetween Romania
Serbia
turbineType Kaplan turbine

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Turnu-Severin nearbyInfrastructure Iron Gate I Hydroelectric Power Station
Iron Gates section of the Danube hasPart Iron Gate I Hydroelectric Power Station
Iron Gate I Hydroelectric Power Station hasPart Iron Gate I Dam
linked to: Iron Gate I Hydroelectric Power Station
Iron Gate II Hydroelectric Power Station locatedNear Iron Gate I Hydroelectric Power Station
Iron Gate II Hydroelectric Power Station locatedUpstreamOf Iron Gate I Hydroelectric Power Station