Nurek Dam
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Height | 30400 (cm) |
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Opened | 1980 |
Turbines | 9 x 335 MW Francis-type |
Owners | Barqi Tojik |
Construction began | 1961 |
Architects | Armen Chaltykjan |
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ID | 2457467 |
About Nurek Dam
The Nurek Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Vakhsh River in Tajikistan. Its primary purpose is hydroelectric power generation and its power station has an installed capacity of 3,015 MW. Construction of the dam began in 1961 and the power station's first generator was commissioned in 1972.