Russia

Baksanskaya HPP — 27 MW Hydroelectric

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Baksanskaya HPP is a 27 MW hydro power plant located in Russia. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
27 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2009

Year online

Owner
PJSC "RusHydro"

Operator

Location
43.66, 43.40

Coordinates

Insights

#449
largest in %s
#3,994
largest %s worldwide
#17,383
largest worldwide
2009
%d yrs newer than avg
53
operated by %s
5
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
27 MW
Commissioned
2009
Status
Operational
Owner
PJSC "RusHydro"
Country
Russia
Coordinates
43.655, 43.397

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
2,271 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
181,647 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

494
cars / year
303
homes / year
103,209
trees to offset

Renewable source — life-cycle emissions only (materials/construction), no direct combustion. Open calculator

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About this plant

Baksanskaya HPP is a 27 MW hydro power plant in Russia, operated by PJSC “RusHydro” since its commissioning in 1961.

Ranked #80 of 112 hydro plants in Russia. Its 27 MW represents 0.06% of Russia’s 48,889 MW total hydro capacity. The largest hydro plant in Russia is Krasnoyarsk at 6,000 MW, making Baksanskaya HPP 222.2 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Kashhatau HPP (65.1 MW, Hydro), Aushegerskaya HPP (60 MW, Hydro), and Zaragizhskaya HPP (30.6 MW, Hydro). The facility is situated in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic, approximately 150 km from the nearest major city, Nalchik.

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