Kürpsay Dam

Kürpsay Dam
Kürpsay Dam
	Kürpsay dam July 2012
	Location of Kürpsay Dam in Kyrgyzstan
Official name	Курпсайская ГЭС
Country	Kyrgyzstan
Coordinates	41°29′56″N 72°21′51″E / 41.49889°N 72.36417°ECoordinates: 41°29′56″N 72°21′51″E / 41.49889°N 72.36417°E
Status	Operational
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Gravity
Impounds	Naryn
Height	113 m (371 ft)
Reservoir
Total capacity	370,000,000 m3 (299,964 acre⋅ft)
Active capacity	35,000,000 m3 (28,375 acre⋅ft)
Power Station
Commission date	1976
Turbines	4
Installed capacity	800 MW
Annual generation	2.63 billion kWh

The Kürpsay Dam (Kyrgyz: Күрпсай плотинасы) is a gravity dam on the river Naryn in Jalal-Abad Region, Kyrgyzstan, downstream from the Toktogul Dam. It is 113 m (371 ft) tall and it creates a 370,000,000 m³ (299,964 acre⋅ft) reservoir of which 27,000,000 m³ (21,889 acre⋅ft) is active (or useful) for power generation.^[1] The installed capacity of the power station is 800 MW.^[2] Construction was started in 1976, and the first electricity was supplied in 1981.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Toktogul cascade of HPP" (in Russian). Energo-ES. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
^ "List of major hydroelectric facilities Kyrgyzskoy Republic" (PDF) (in Russian). CA Water. Retrieved 24 February 2012.

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[es-1] "Toktogul cascade of HPP" (in Russian). Energo-ES. Retrieved 14 January 2022.

[2] "List of major hydroelectric facilities Kyrgyzskoy Republic" (PDF) (in Russian). CA Water. Retrieved 24 February 2012.

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