The Bukhtarma Hydroelectric Power Plant ( kk, Бұқтырма Су Электр Стансасы, ''Buqtyrma Sý Elektr Stansasy''; russian: Бухтарминская ГЭС, ''Buchtarminskaja GES'') is a
hydroelectric power
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plant on the
Irtysh River upstream of the town of
Serebryansk, in
East Kazakhstan Province
East Kazakhstan Region ( kk, Шығыс Қазақстан облысы, translit=Şyğys Qazaqstan oblysy; russian: Восточно-Казахстанская область, Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya oblast) is a region of Kazakhstan. It occupi ...
of
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
. "Bukhtarma" or "Buqtyrma" is a
Kazakh word that can be translated as "ambush; blocking".
The plant has 9 individual
turbine
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s
[Bukhtarma Power Station]
/ref> with a total generating capacity of 675 megawatt
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s and generates 2.77 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity per year. The plant is operated by Kazzinc
Kazzinc ( kk, Қазмырыш, translit=Qazmyrysh, قازمىرىش, ) with its headquarters in Oskemen is Kazakhstan's largest producer of zinc, lead and precious metals. The general investor is Glencore International AG. Kazzinc’s core oper ...
under a long-term concession. It is integrated into Kazakhstan's national electricity system and is used as a peak producer to regulate supply.[
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See also
* List of power stations in Kazakhstan
The following page lists all power stations in Kazakhstan.
Fossil fuel
Coal
Oil
Natural Gas
Renewable
Hydroelectric
Solar
Nuclear
*Aktau (Kazakhstan State Corporation for Atomic Power and Industry)
**BN-350 : 135 MWe ...
References
Hydroelectric power stations in Kazakhstan
Hydroelectric power stations built in the Soviet Union
Dams on the Irtysh River
Kazzinc
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