The Bukhtarma Hydroelectric Power Plant ( kk, Бұқтырма Су Электр Стансасы, ''Buqtyrma Sý Elektr Stansasy''; russian: Бухтарминская ГЭС, ''Buchtarminskaja GES'') is a

hydroelectric power Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies one sixth of the world's electricity, almost 4500 TWh in 2020, which is more than all other renewable sources combined an ...

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 ...

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 A turbine ( or ) (from the Greek , ''tyrbē'', or Latin ''turbo'', meaning vortex) is a rotary mechanical device that extracts energy from a fluid flow and converts it into useful work. The work produced by a turbine can be used for generating ...

sBukhtarma Power Station
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megawatt The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3. It is used to quantify the rate of energy transfer. The watt is named after James ...

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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Hydroelectric power stations in Kazakhstan Hydroelectric power stations built in the Soviet Union Dams on the Irtysh River Kazzinc {{hydroelectric-power-plant-stub

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