The Shamaldy-Say Hydro Power Plant ( ky, Шамалды-Сай ГЭСи, russian: Шамалды-Сайская ГЭС) is an active hydro power plant on the river

Naryn Naryn ( ky, Нарын, translit=Naryn, Mongolian : Нарийн, Nariin, Traditional Mongolian ᠨᠠᠷᠢᠨ) is the regional administrative center of Naryn Region in central Kyrgyzstan. Its area is , and its estimated population was 41,17 ...

between

Tash-Kömür Tash-Kömür (, russian: Таш-Кумыр ''Tash-Kumyr'') is one of the five largest towns of Jalal-Abad Region in Southern Kyrgyzstan. It is a city of regional significance, not part of a district. Its area is , and its resident population was ...

and

Shamaldy-Say Shamaldy-Say ( ky, Шамалды-Сай) is an urban-type settlement in Jalal-Abad Region, Kyrgyzstan. The town is administratively subordinated to town Tash-Kömür. Its population was 12,308 in 2021. Adjacent to the urban-type settlement Shamald ...

, in

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east. ...

. Completed between 1992 and 1996, it is one of the three hydro power plants on the river Naryn near

, 14 km downstream from the

Tash-Kömür Hydroelectric Power Station The Tash-Kömür Hydro Power Plant ( ky, Таш-Көмүр ГЭСи, russian: Таш-Кумырская ГЭС) is a hydroelectric power plant on the river Naryn in Tash-Kömür, Kyrgyzstan. Completed between 1985 and 1987, it is one of the three ...

. It has 3 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 e ...

s with a nominal output of around 80 MW and a total nominal capacity of 180 MW. The power plant's dam is tall and it creates a reservoir of which is active (or useful) for power generation.

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Hydroelectric power stations in Kyrgyzstan Dams in Kyrgyzstan Dams completed in 1996 Dams on the Naryn River {{hydroelectric-power-plant-stub