RusHydro (previous name: Hydro-OGK, russian: РусГидро) is a Russian

hydroelectricity 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 ...

company. As of early 2012 it had a capacity of 34.9

gigawatts 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 Wat ...

. In late 2009, it was the world's second-largest hydroelectric power producer and is the country's largest power-generating company and the largest successor to

RAO UES OAO RAO UES (OAO Unified Energy System of Russia; russian: ЕЭС России or russian: Единая Энергетическая Система) was an electric power holding company in Russia. It controlled about 70% of Russia's installed el ...

. The conglomerate, which is partly government-owned, underwent a major consolidation beginning in July 2007. , the head of the company was

Evgeny Dod Evgeny Vyacheslavovich Dod (russian: Евгений Вячеславович Дод, born April 17, 1973, Moscow, USSR) is a Russian manager and economist. He is CEO of JSC RusHydro (November 2009 - September 2015). Early life Dod was born ...

. Its head office is in

Obruchevsky District Obruchevsky District (russian: О́бручевский райо́н) is an administrative district ( raion), one of the twelve in South-Western Administrative Okrug of the federal city of Moscow, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Fe ...

South-Western Administrative Okrug South-Western Administrative Okrug (russian: Ю́го-За́падный администрати́вный о́круг, ), or Yugo-Zapadny Administrative Okrug, is one of the twelve high-level territorial divisions (administrative okrugs) of the ...

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

Major power plants

Bureya Dam The Bureya Dam (locally referred to as Bureyskaya, russian: Бурейская ГЭС) is a hydroelectric dam on the Bureya River in the Russian Far East. History Bureya hydroelectric power station was built by Bureyagesstroy. Construction star ...

Volga Hydroelectric Station The Volga Hydroelectric Station or Volga GES (russian: Волжская ГЭС) also known as the 22nd Congress of the CPSU Stalingrad/Volgograd Hydroelectric Power Station (russian: Сталинградская/Волгоградская ГЭ� ...

* Votkinsk Hydroelectric Station *Dagestan Branch *

Zhiguli Hydroelectric Station The Zhiguli Hydroelectric Station or Zhigulyovskaya Hydroelectric Station (russian: Жигулёвская ГЭС, Zhigulyovskaya GES++), formerly known as Kuybyshev Hydroelectric Station (Kuybyshev GES) is a large dam and hydroelectric station ...

*Zagorskaya PSHPP * Zeya Dam *Irganayskaya HPP *Kabardino-Balkarian Branch *Kamskaya HPP *Karachaevo-Cherkessian Branch *Cascade of Verkhnevolzhskiye HPPs *Cascade of Kubanskiye HPPs *Nizhegorodskaya HPP *Novosibirskaya HPP *

Saratov Hydroelectric Station The Saratov Hydroelectric Station or the Saratov GES (russian: Саратовская ГЭС) also known as the Lenin Komsomol Saratov Hydroelectric Power Station (russian: Саратовская ГЭС имени Ленинского Комсо ...

Boguchany Dam The Boguchany Dam (russian: Богучанская ГЭС) is a large hydroelectric dam on the Angara River in Kodinsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It has an installed capacity of 2,997 MW. Construction of the power plant was completed when a n ...

Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam The Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam (russian: Сая́но-Шу́шенская гидроэлектроста́нция, ''Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelektrostantsiya'') is located on the Yenisei River, near Sayanogorsk in Khakassia, Russia. It is the l ...

*Northern Ossetian Branch *

Cheboksary Dam The Cheboksary Dam (russian: Чебокса́рская ГЭС, Cheboksary GES) is a hydroelectric dam on the Volga river, the latest of the Volga-Kama Cascade of dams. Technical data Construction started in the USSR in 1968 and mostly complet ...

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Sanctions

On 24 February 2022, in response to Russia's

invasion An invasion is a military offensive in which large numbers of combatants of one geopolitical entity aggressively enter territory owned by another such entity, generally with the objective of either: conquering; liberating or re-establishing ...

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inva ...

, US President Joe Biden announced sanctions against several Russian individuals, entities and financial institutions, including RusHydro.

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Official site

Official site

RusHydro completes consolidation, '07 results jump
International Water Power and Dam Construction 10 July 2008
Big blue A clean-power colossus hopes to grow even bigger
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Major power plants

Performance indicators

Sanctions

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