Power Plant

Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam

Sayanogorsk, Khakassia

Operational

52.83°N, 91.37°E

About this asset

The largest power plant in Russia, a concrete arch-gravity dam on the Yenisei river supplying low-cost hydroelectricity to Siberian aluminium smelters and the grid.

Highlights

  • Largest power plant in Russia
  • Ten 640 MW hydro turbines
  • Anchors the Siberian energy balance

Installed capacity

6,400

MW

Operator

RusHydro

Commissioned

1985

Workforce

1,500

Details

Coordinates

52.83000°, 91.37000°

Location format

WGS84 · Decimal degrees

Site location

Sayanogorsk, Khakassia

Installed equipment

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HYDROwned & operated byRusHydro