Baipaza Dam
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Baipaza Dam | |
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Country | Tajikistan |
Location | Yovon, Khatlon Province |
Coordinates | 38°16′4.07″N 69°7′24.28″E / 38.2677972°N 69.1234111°ECoordinates: 38°16′4.07″N 69°7′24.28″E / 38.2677972°N 69.1234111°E |
Purpose | Power, irrigation |
Status | Operational |
Opening date | 1985 |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Embankment, concrete-face rock-fill |
Impounds | Vakhsh River |
Height | 70 m (230 ft) |
Reservoir | |
Active capacity | 84,000,000 m3 (68,000 acre⋅ft)[1] |
Operator(s) | Barki Tojik |
Commission date | 1985-1986 |
Type | Conventional |
Turbines | 4 x 150 MW Francis-type |
Installed capacity | 600 MW |
Annual generation | 3,500 GWh |
The Baipaza Dam (Russian: Байпазинская ГЭС; Tajik: Нерӯгоҳи барқи обии Бойғозӣ) is a concrete face rock-fill dam on the Vakhsh River about 9 km (5.6 mi) southeast of Yovon in Khatlon Province, Tajikistan. A purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and it supports a 600 MW power station. The first three 150 MW Francis turbine-generators were commissioned in 1985, the fourth in 1986.[2][3] Its reservoir also holds water for the irrigation of some 40,000 ha (99,000 acres) in the Yovon and Obikiik Valleys to the west. This is accomplished by a 7.3-kilometre-long (4.5 mi) tunnel which runs from the right back of the reservoir and through a mountain to the valley.[4]
References
- ^ L. Berga; et al., eds. (2006). Dams and reservoirs, societies and environment in the 21st century. London: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0415404231. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "Baipazan HPP" (in Russian). Barki Tojik. Archived from the original on 16 May 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "Hydroelectric Plants in Tajikistan". IndustCards. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ Irrigation in the countries of the former Soviet Union in figures. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 1997. p. 186. ISBN 9789251040713. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
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