The Stratos Hydroelectric Dam ( el, Υδροηλεκτρικό Φράγμα Στράτου) is a
dam
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on the river
Acheloos in
Aetolia-Acarnania
Aetolia-Acarnania ( el, Αιτωλοακαρνανία, ''Aitoloakarnanía'', ) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the geographic region of Central Greece and the administrative region of West Greece. A combination of the histor ...
, western
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...
. It is situated just east of the village
Stratos, and 9 km northwest of
Agrinio
Agrinio (Greek: Αγρίνιο, , Latin: ''Agrinium'') is the largest city of the Aetolia-Acarnania regional unit of Greece and its largest municipality, with 106,053 inhabitants. It is the economical center of Aetolia-Acarnania, although its capi ...
. The dam created the
Stratos artificial lake. There are four more dams upstream from the Stratos Dam: the
Kastraki Dam, the
Kremasta Dam
The Kremasta Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Achelous River in Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece. It is located just downstream of where the Agrafiotis, Tavropos and Trikeriotis rivers meet to form the Achelous. The dam was constructed betw ...
, the
Sykia Dam
The Sykia Dam is a mostly constructed but unused earth-filled embankment dam on the Acheloos River along the border of Karditsa and Arta, Greece. The tall dam is part of the Acheloos River Diversion which is intended to divert a portion of the ...
and the
Mesochora Dam.
The dam was constructed between 1981 and 1989. Four turbine units produce up to 156.7
MW of electricity.
See also
*
List of lakes in Greece
This is a list of lakes of Greece.
Natural lakes of Greece
* Central Greece
**Lake Amvrakia
** Lake Dystos, Euboea, presently largely drained
**Lake Lysimachia
** Lake Ozeros
** Lake Saltini
** Lake Voulkaria
**Lake Yliki
**Lake Trichonida
**La ...
*
Renewable energy in Greece
A renewable resource, also known as a flow resource, is a natural resource which will replenish to replace the portion depleted by usage and consumption, either through natural reproduction or other recurring processes in a finite amount of ti ...
References
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Hydroelectric power stations in Greece
Dams in Greece
Dams completed in 1989
Earth-filled dams
Dams on the Achelous River
1989 establishments in Greece
Energy infrastructure completed in 1989
Buildings and structures in Aetolia-Acarnania