Russia

Dzau HPS — 8 MW Hydroelectric

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Dzau HPS is a 8 MW hydro power plant located in Russia. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
8 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2015

Year online

Owner
PJSC "RusHydro"

Operator

Location
43.01, 44.69

Coordinates

Insights

#576
largest in Russia
#5,846
largest Hydroelectric worldwide
#25,781
largest worldwide
2015
31 yrs newer than avg
53
operated by PJSC "RusHydro"
5
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
8 MW
Commissioned
2015
Status
Operational
Owner
PJSC "RusHydro"
Country
Russia
Coordinates
43.010, 44.686

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
673 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
53,821 t

over ~80 yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

146
cars / year
90
homes / year
30,580
trees to offset

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

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About this plant

Dzau HPS is an 8 MW hydroelectric power plant in Russia, operated by PJSC “RusHydro”.

Ranked #102 of 112 hydro plants in Russia, it contributes 0.02% to the country’s total hydro capacity of 48,889 MW. The largest hydro plant in Russia is Krasnoyarsk at 6,000 MW, making Dzau HPS 750 times smaller.

Nearby plants include Ezminskaya HPP (45 MW, Hydro) and Gizeldonskaya HPP (22.8 MW, Hydro). Dzau HPS is situated in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, approximately 1,200 km south of Moscow.

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