Angara Cascade Complex

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Angara Cascade Complex is a complex of operating hydroelectric power plants in Russia.

The complex consists of the following projects:

Complex Details

Table 1: Project-level details for Angara Cascade Complex

Project name Status Commissioning year Nameplate capacity Technology type Owner
Bratsk hydroelectric plant operating[1] 1961[2] 4500 MW[2] Conventional storage[2] EuroSibEnergo PLC (АО «ЕвроСибЭнерго»)[2]
Irkustskaya hydroelectric plant operating[3] 1956[4] 662 MW[4] Conventional storage[4] EuroSibEnergo PLC (АО «ЕвроСибЭнерго»)[4]
Ust-Ilimsk hydroelectric plant operating[5] 1974[6] 3840 MW[6] Conventional storage[6] EuroSibEnergo PLC (АО «ЕвроСибЭнерго»)[6]

Location

Table 2: Location details for Angara Cascade Complex

Project name Location River Coordinates (WGS 84)
Bratsk hydroelectric plant Bratsk, городской округ Братск, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia[1] Angara River[2] 56.2861, 101.7842 (exact)[1]
Irkustskaya hydroelectric plant Irkutsk, городской округ Иркутск, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia[3] Angara River[7] 52.2367, 104.3217 (exact)[3]
Ust-Ilimsk hydroelectric plant городской округ Усть-Илимск, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia[5] Angara River[6] 57.9683, 102.6958 (exact)[5]

The map below shows the exact locations of the projects in the complex:

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Additional data

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220922092954/https://energybase.ru/power-plant/Bratsk_HPP. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20220922090500/https://www.so-ups.ru/odu-siberia/odu-siberia-zone/znachimye-ehnergoobekty/bratskaja-gehs/. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220922093453/https://energybase.ru/power-plant/Irkutsk_HPP. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20220922091028/https://www.so-ups.ru/odu-siberia/odu-siberia-zone/znachimye-ehnergoobekty/irkutskaja-gehs/. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220922093032/https://energybase.ru/power-plant/Ust-Ilim_HPP. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20221127145059/https://www.so-ups.ru/index.php?id=1402. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20221021204205/http://www.dagestan.rushydro.ru/hpp/irganayskges/. Archived from the original on 21 October 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)