Pavlovka Hydroelectric Station
Encyclopedia
Pavlovka hydroelectric hydroelectric station is a power station located near the village Pavlovka on the Ufa River
in Bashkortostan
. Construction of the power station began in 1950 and was completed in 1960. The power station is owned and operated by Bashkirenergo
.
The power station has a capacity of 166.4 MW and the average annual generation of 590 GWh. It has four Kaplan turbines with capacity of 41.6 MW each. Turbines are manufactured by Kharkov Turboatom and generators are manufactured by the St. Petersburg plant Electrosila.
The dam creates the Pavlovka Reservoir with area of 116 square kilometres (44.8 sq mi) and volume of 1.41 cubic kilometre (total) and 0.9 cubic kilometre (useful).
Ufa River
Ufa River is a river in the Urals, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Sverdlovsk Oblast, and the Republic of Bashkortostan; a tributary of the Belaya River. It is 918 km in length. The area of the basin is 53,100 km². It freezes up between late October and early December and stays under the ice until...
in Bashkortostan
Bashkortostan
The Republic of Bashkortostan , also known as Bashkiria is a federal subject of Russia . It is located between the Volga River and the Ural Mountains. Its capital is the city of Ufa...
. Construction of the power station began in 1950 and was completed in 1960. The power station is owned and operated by Bashkirenergo
Bashkirenergo
Bashkirenergo is a power and heat company operating in Bashkortostan, Russia. The major shareholder of the company is a holding company Sistema. 21.27% of shares is owned by the Russian grid company FGC UES....
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Description
The power station consists of:- Concrete spillway dam, combined with the building of hydroelectric power station, a maximum height of 41.3 metres (135.5 ft);
- The left-bank dam bulk (loam and gravelisto-pebble soils), maximum height of 20 metres (65.6 ft);
- Alluvial river bed (with kernel) dam, the maximum height of 43 metres (141.1 ft);
- Single-chamber navigation lock - spillway;
- Offtake
The power station has a capacity of 166.4 MW and the average annual generation of 590 GWh. It has four Kaplan turbines with capacity of 41.6 MW each. Turbines are manufactured by Kharkov Turboatom and generators are manufactured by the St. Petersburg plant Electrosila.
The dam creates the Pavlovka Reservoir with area of 116 square kilometres (44.8 sq mi) and volume of 1.41 cubic kilometre (total) and 0.9 cubic kilometre (useful).