Nizhegorodskaya hydroelectric plant

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Nizhegorodskaya hydroelectric plant (Нижегородская ГЭС) is an operating hydroelectric power plant in Gorodetsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia.

Project Details

Table 1: Project details for Nizhegorodskaya hydroelectric plant

Status	Commissioning year	Nameplate capacity	Turbines	Technology type	Owner	Operator
Operating	1955	531 MW	7 x 65 MW; 1 x 72.5 MW	Conventional storage	PJSC RusHydro (ПАО «РусГидро»)	Nizhegorodskaya HPP («Нижегородская ГЭС»)

Location

Table 2: Location details for Nizhegorodskaya hydroelectric plant

Location	River	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Gorodetsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia	Volga River	56.6506, 43.3756 (exact)

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