Boguchany Dam

The Bogutschanystausee with its power plant Bogutschanskaja GES (Russian Богучанская ГЭС ) is a 2012 finished hydroelectric project on the Angara River in Russia, Krasnoyarsk region, Siberia. In the 1990s, the construction of which began in 1974 has been discontinued for lack of funds. Work began in 2006; on October 15, 2012, the power plant was inaugurated after the installation of the first two of nine turbines.

The project is one of the largest hydropower projects in Russia and to the supply of an aluminum plant and other industrial used. The dam will be one of the 20 largest in the world in terms of content.

Today's builders and subsequent operator is the joint-stock company OAO Bogutschanskaja GES, by RusHydro (formerly HydroOGK ) and RUSAL is controlled. The structure consists of a 774 meter long concrete gravity dam, combined with a 1816 -meter-long rock -fill dam. As height and 87 m and a volume of concrete in addition to 1,612 and 3 million cubic meters are indicated next 79.

The project also brings some disadvantages. Opponents are: relocation of hundreds of people, deteriorated water quality, even worse groundwater, destroyed fishing areas, poor planning and execution.

At Angara, there are still three more already finished hydropower plants above Boguchany: Ust- Ilimsk (1977 ), Bratsk (1964) and Irkutsk ( 1956). In addition, there are other unfinished Dams - Building in Russia: for example, the Bureya dam on the river Bureya and Irganai and Zaramag in the Caucasus. Also on this is - continue to be built - against protests from the local environment and environmental groups.