The Ķegums Hydro Power Plant is the oldest
hydropower plant on the river
Daugava
The Daugava ( ), also known as the Western Dvina or the Väina River, is a large river rising in the Valdai Hills of Russia that flows through Belarus and Latvia into the Gulf of Riga of the Baltic Sea. The Daugava rises close to the source of ...
and the third largest in
Latvia
Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...
located in
Ķegums
Ķegums (; ) is a town in Ogre Municipality situated mostly on the right bank of the Daugava River. Latvian law defines Ķegums town as divided between two regions, Vidzeme on the right bank of the Daugava and Semigallia on the left bank.
Histor ...
. The complex consist of two power plants. The first plant was built from 1936 to 1939. The plant was totally renovated from 1998 to 2001, including replacement of four hydroelectric sets with a nominal output of around 65
MW.
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The second plant was built from 1976 to 1979. It has three hydroelectric sets with installed capacity of 192 MW.[
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The complex is operated by Latvenergo.
See also
* Riga Hydroelectric Power Plant
References
Hydroelectric power stations in Latvia
Dams in Latvia
Dams completed in 1940
Hydroelectric power stations built in the Soviet Union
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