Mingachevir Dam

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Mingachevir Dam
KintraAzerbaijan
LocationMingachevir
Coordinates40°47′24″N 47°1′42″E / 40.79000°N 47.02833°E / 40.79000; 47.02833
StatusOperational
Construction began1945
Commission dateIneetial: 1954
Reconstruction: 2000
Awner(s)Azərenerji
Operator(s)Azərenerji
Pumped-storage pouer station
Upper reservoirMingachevir Reservoir
Upper res. capacity15,730 km3 (3,770 cu mi)
Hydraulic heid65 m (213 ft)
Pump-generators6 x 70 MW Francis-teep
Pouer generation
Nameplate capacity420 MW
Annual generation705 GWh (in 2009)

The Mingachevir Dam (kent as Mingachevir Pouer Station or Mingachevir Hydroelectric Pouer Station an aw; Azerbaijani: Mingəçevir Su Elektrik Stansiyası, Azerbaijani for Mingachevir Hydroelectric Station) is an yird fill embankment dam an hydroelectric pouer station on the Kura River in Mingachevir, Azerbaijan. Construction o the dam began in 1945 an wis completit in 1953, when Azerbaijan wis still a republic within the Soviet Union as the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic. It wis commissioned in 1954. It wis reconstructed in 2000 an has 6 x 70 MW Francis-teep hydropouer turbine electric generators.[1]

Mingachevir Reservoir

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  1. "Energy production" (in Inglis). AzerEnerji. Archived frae the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 12 Mairch 2015.