General Data
Construction began in 1935 and was completed in 1950.
The complex consists of
- Concrete spillway dam on the Volga river,
- Earth-fill dam on the Volga river, 524 m long and 27 m high
- Single-lane, single-chamber lock on the Volga river
- Earth-fill dam on the Sheksna river, 470 m long and 35 m high
- Left-bank and righ-bank dams on the Sheksna river, with total length of 6035 m.
- Powerhouse on Sheksna river.
Installed power is 346.4 MW, average annual production is 644 GWh. Power house has 6 generators with Kaplan turbines, working at 13.4 m head: 4 of 55 MW each and 2 of 63.2 MW each. The dam forms Rybinsk Reservoir. A highway passes over the Volga river on the dam.
Read more about this topic: Rybinsk Hydroelectric Station
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