Kremasta Dam

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Kremasta Dam
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Kremasta Lake
Kremasta Dam is located in Greece
Kremasta Dam
Location of Kremasta Dam in Greece
CountryGreece
LocationAetolia-Acarnania
Coordinates38°53′13.20″N 21°29′43.17″E / 38.8870000°N 21.4953250°E / 38.8870000; 21.4953250Coordinates: 38°53′13.20″N 21°29′43.17″E / 38.8870000°N 21.4953250°E / 38.8870000; 21.4953250
PurposePower, flood control
StatusOperational
Construction began1961
Opening date1965
Owner(s)Public Power Corporation of Greece
Dam and spillways
Type of damEmbankment, earth-fill
ImpoundsAchelous River
Height165 m (541 ft)[1]
Length456 m (1,496 ft)
Elevation at crest287 m (942 ft)
Dam volume8,170,000 m3 (10,685,957 cu yd)
Spillway typeChute
Reservoir
Creates
Total capacity4,750,000,000 m3 (3,850,888 acre⋅ft)[2]
Catchment area3,750 km2 (1,448 sq mi)[3]
Surface area81 km2 (31 sq mi)
Power Station
Commission date1966-1967
TypeConventional
Turbines4 x 109.3 MW Francis-type[4]
Installed capacity437.2 MW
Annual generation848 GWh

The Kremasta Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Achelous River in Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece. It is located just downstream of where the Agrafiotis, Tavropos and rivers meet to form the Achelous. The dam was constructed between 1961 and 1965 and its four 109.3 MW Francis turbine-generators were commissioned between 1966 and 1967. Shortly after the dam's reservoir, Lake Kremasta, was filled a 6.3-Mw earthquake occurred. This has been attributed to reservoir-induced seismicity. Lake Kremasta is the largest artificial lake in Greece.[4][5]

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  1. ^ "Large Dams in Greece". Greek Commission on Large Dams. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  2. ^ PYTHAROULI, Stella (12 May 2008). "DAM CREST SETTLEMENT, RESERVOIR LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS AND RAINFALL: EVIDENCE FOR A CAUSATIVE RELATIONSHIP FOR THE KREMASTA DAM GREECE" (PDF). Lisbon. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ "Large Dams in Greece". National Technical University of Athens. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Hydroelectric Plants in Greece - other regions". IndustCards. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  5. ^ "The relationship between large reservoirs and seismicity 08 February 2010". International Water Power & Dam Construction. 20 February 2010. Archived from the original on 18 June 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
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