The Tash-Kömür Hydro Power Plant ( ky, Таш-Көмүр ГЭСи, russian: Таш-Кумырская ГЭС) is a

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 1985 and 1987, it is one of the three hydro power plants on the river Naryn near Tash-Kömür, 14 km upstream from the

Shamaldy-Say Hydroelectric Power Station The Shamaldy-Say Hydro Power Plant ( ky, Шамалды-Сай ГЭСи, russian: Шамалды-Сайская ГЭС) is an active hydro power plant on the river Naryn between Tash-Kömür and Shamaldy-Say, in Kyrgyzstan. Completed between 199 ...

. 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 150 MW and a total nominal capacity of 450 MW. The power plant's dam is tall and it creates a reservoir of which is active (or useful) for

power generation Electricity generation is the process of generating electric power from sources of primary energy. For utilities in the electric power industry, it is the stage prior to its delivery ( transmission, distribution, etc.) to end users or its stor ...

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