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The Bureya Dam (locally referred to as Bureyskaya, russian: Бурейская ГЭС) is a
The reservoir reached its specified level during the summer-autumn 
hydroelectric
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 and ...
dam
A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use, a ...
on the Bureya River
The Bureya () is a south-flowing, left tributary of the Amur, Amur river in Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . Its name comes from the Evenk language, Evenk word ''birija'', meaning river.
Course
The Bureya is formed from the junc ...
in the Russian Far East
The Russian Far East (russian: Дальний Восток России, r=Dal'niy Vostok Rossii, p=ˈdalʲnʲɪj vɐˈstok rɐˈsʲiɪ) is a region in Northeast Asia. It is the easternmost part of Russia and the Asian continent; and is admini ...
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History
Bureya hydroelectric power station was built by Bureyagesstroy. Construction started in 1976, but was halted until 1999. In 1999, RAO UES restarted the project. The dam was completed and the first unit was launched in 2003. The construction of the whole complex was completed in 2009.
The reservoir reached its specified level during the summer-autumn monsoon
A monsoon () is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annual latitudinal oscil ...
season of 2009. It was accompanied with first use of spillways during planned tests. Despite the fact that all primary construction works on power station was completed, it was officially commenced for exploitation by government commission in 2011. Therefore, officially, the complex is still under construction.
Description
Bureya Dam is agravity dam
A gravity dam is a dam constructed from concrete or stone masonry and designed to hold back water by using only the weight of the material and its resistance against the foundation to oppose the horizontal pressure of water pushing against it. ...
with height of and crest length of .
The power station has an installed capacity of , the full capacity. Power is generated by utilizing six turbines, each with a capacity of . The facility is owned by RusHydro
RusHydro (previous name: Hydro-OGK, russian: РусГидро) is a Russian hydroelectricity company. As of early 2012 it had a capacity of 34.9 gigawatts. In late 2009, it was the world's second-largest hydroelectric power producer
and is ...
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See also
*List of conventional hydroelectric power stations
This article lists hydroelectric power stations that generate power using the conventional dammed method. This list includes power stations that are larger than in maximum net capacity, and are operational or under construction. Those power stat ...
* List of power stations in Russia
The following page lists the power stations in Russia.
Renewable
Geothermal
Hydroelectric
Pumped-storage hydroelectric
Solar photovoltaic
The following is a list of photovoltaic power stations in Russia:).
In addition there ar ...
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*References
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