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Ladzhanuri Hydro Power Plant

Coordinates: 42°35′22″N 42°51′06″E / 42.58944°N 42.85167°E / 42.58944; 42.85167
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Ladzhanuri Dam
Ladzhanuri Dam
Ladzhanuri Hydro Power Plant is located in Georgia
Ladzhanuri Hydro Power Plant
Location of Ladzhanuri Dam in Georgia
Official nameლაჯანურის ჰიდროელექტროსადგური
CountryGeorgia
Coordinates42°35′22″N 42°51′06″E / 42.58944°N 42.85167°E / 42.58944; 42.85167
Construction began1953
Opening date1960
Dam and spillways
ImpoundsLajanura River
Tskenistskali River
Height69 m (226 ft)
Length127 m (417 ft)
Width (crest)3.7 m (12 ft)
Width (base)13 m (43 ft)
Reservoir
Total capacity0.25 km3 (200,000 acre⋅ft)
Power Station
Operator(s)Sakmtavarenergo
Turbines3 × 37.6 MW
Installed capacity113 MW
Annual generation438 GWh

Ladzhanuri Hydro Power Plant or Lajanuri Hydro Power Plant (B. Chichinadze) — One of the Biggest and Largest Dam Georgia, one of the nation's first and unique tall dams (Dam Height 69 M). Built in Tsageri municipality, the Dam is supplied from the Tskenistskalis tributary Lajanura. Construction began in 1953 and ended in 1960. The station's power output is 112,5 thousand kW, yearly it produces 505 GwH. kWh electricity. Ladzhanuri HPP Dam's successful construction and exploitation, boosted the Former USSR to construct more tall dams around the republics.[1]

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  1. ^ ქართული საბჭოთა ენციკლოპედია, ტ. 6, თბ., 1983. — გვ. 151.