Irkutsk Hydroelectric Power Station

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Irkutsk Hydroelectric Power Station is a major Soviet-era hydroelectric dam and power plant on the Angara River that supplies electricity and helps regulate water levels for the Irkutsk region in Siberia, Russia.

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Label Occurrences
Irkutsk Hydroelectric Power Station canonical 6
Irkutsk HPP 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf gravity dam ⓘ
hydroelectric power station ⓘ
affectsWaterLevelOf Lake Baikal ⓘ
annualGeneration about 4.1 TWh ⓘ
basinCountry Russia ⓘ
builtBy Soviet engineers ⓘ
builtDuring Soviet era ⓘ
commissioned 1956 ⓘ
constructionBegan 1950 ⓘ
constructionMethod concrete gravity dam ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
damHeight about 44 m ⓘ
damLength about 2400 m ⓘ
downstreamFrom Lake Baikal ⓘ
energySource hydropower ⓘ
fuelType water ⓘ
gridConnection Siberian power grid ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
hasTurbineType Kaplan turbine ⓘ
linked to: Kaplan turbines
historicalSignificance first large hydroelectric power station on the Angara River ⓘ
impact contributed to regulation of Lake Baikal outflow ⓘ
raised water level of the Angara River near Irkutsk ⓘ
installedCapacity 662 MW ⓘ
languageOfOfficialName Russian ⓘ
locatedIn Irkutsk Oblast ⓘ
locatedNear Irkutsk ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Angara River ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 8 ⓘ
openingDate 1956 ⓘ
operator Irkutskenergo ⓘ
owner Irkutskenergo ⓘ
partOf Angara River cascade of hydroelectric power stations ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
navigation improvement ⓘ
power generation ⓘ
river regulation ⓘ
water level regulation of Lake Baikal ⓘ
region Siberia ⓘ
reservoirCreatedBy Irkutsk Hydroelectric Power Station ⓘ
reservoirInundated part of the Angara River valley ⓘ
reservoirName Irkutsk Reservoir ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
suppliesElectricityTo Irkutsk region ⓘ
linked to: Irkutsk Oblast

industrial consumers in Irkutsk Oblast ⓘ
upstreamFrom Bratsk Hydroelectric Power Station ⓘ
watercourse Angara River ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Irkutsk → nearbyHydropowerPlant → Irkutsk Hydroelectric Power Station ⓘ
subject linked to: Irkutsk, Russia
Irkutsk Hydroelectric Power Station → reservoirCreatedBy → Irkutsk Hydroelectric Power Station ⓘ
Irkutsk Dam → alsoKnownAs → Irkutsk Hydroelectric Power Station ⓘ
Irkutsk Dam → alsoKnownAs → Irkutsk HPP ⓘ
linked to: Irkutsk Hydroelectric Power Station
Irkutsk Reservoir → createdBy → Irkutsk Hydroelectric Power Station ⓘ
Irkutsk Reservoir → operator → Irkutsk Hydroelectric Power Station ⓘ
Irkutsk Reservoir → associatedPowerStation → Irkutsk Hydroelectric Power Station ⓘ