South Yakutia HPP
The South Yakutia Hydroelectric Complex or South Yakutia HPP is a set of proposed hydroelectric plants in the South Yakutia region of the Russian Far East, on rivers including the Uchur, Timpton, Aldan, and Olyokma.[1]
Overview
[edit]The complex will be comprise nine plants with a total capacity of over 9,000 MW, and an average annual production of about 40 billion kWh. Construction priority will be given to the Uchurskaya, Sredne-Uchurskaya, Kankunskaya, and Timptonskaya HPP's, which will have a total capacity of 5,002 MW and an annual output of 23.42 billion kWh.[2]
Sredne-Uchurskaya HPP
[edit]Located on the River Uchur, a tributary of the Aldan River with a power generation capacity of 3330 MW, and an average annual production of 14.98 billion kWh.
Uchurskaya HPP
[edit]Hydroelectric power capacity 365 MW, average annual production 2.19 billion kWh.
Kankunskaya HPP
[edit]Power generation capacity of 1060 MW, and an average annual production of 4.77 billion kWh. It will be the first-built dam in the complex.
Timptonskaya HPP
[edit]Located on the River Timpton, a tributary of the Aldan River, Timptonskaya will have a power generation capacity of 245 MW and an annual generation of 1.48 billion kWh.
Olekminsk HPP
[edit]Located on the Olyokma River, a tributary of the Lena River. Includes Olekminsk; total capacity of 2230 MW.
Aldan HPP
[edit]Power capacity of 300 MW, average annual generation of 3.6 billion kWh. Another plant, the Verkhne Aldan, will join this station- total generation capacity is expected to be 1000 MW. Commissioning of these projects is expected in 2015–2020.
Economic importance
[edit]The hydroelectric complex should achieve the following objectives:
♦Electricity exports to China, and possibly to South Korea, but only China has expressed interest in buying electric power from Russia.
♦Ensuring a reliable power supply to the Russian Far East oblasts.
♦Ensuring the supply of power to promising mining projects in South Yakutia, especially the Elga coal deposits.
♦Provision of electricity to energy-intensive industries, particularly aluminum smelters.
The cost of construction is estimated at $8 billion, which is less than the Diamer-Bhasha Dam in Pakistan, at $14 billion.
References
[edit]- ^ http://oveemo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=43344:south-yakutia-hpp&catid=45&Itemid=418
- ^ "JSC South-Yakutskaya HPP has completed pre-design work "Feasibility Study for the Cascade of HPPS on the River Timpton of the Nizhne-Timptonskaya HPP from the Kankunskaya HPP or the Idzhekskaya HPP"".
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