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Niva GES-2 — 60 MW Hydroelectric

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Niva GES-2 is a 60 MW hydro power plant located in Russia. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
60 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1934

Year online

Owner
PJSC "TGC-1"

Operator

Location
67.28, 32.46

Coordinates

Insights

#392
largest in %s
#2,929
largest %s worldwide
#12,271
largest worldwide
1934
%d yrs older than avg
48
operated by %s
5
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
60 MW
Commissioned
1934
Status
Operational
Owner
PJSC "TGC-1"
Country
Russia
Coordinates
67.282, 32.460

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
5,046 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
403,661 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

1,097
cars / year
673
homes / year
229,353
trees to offset

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

Nearby Stations

Kola Nuclear Power Plant

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1,760MW · 1970

Kola NPP

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1,760MW · 1984

Verkhnetulomskaya HPP

Russia · Hydroelectric

268MW · 1964

Apatitskaya TPP

Russia · Coal

266MW · 1959

Apatitovaya TPP

Russia · Coal

266MW · 1959

Niva GES-3

Russia · Hydroelectric

156MW · 1949

About this plant

Niva GES-2 is a 60 MW hydroelectric power plant in Russia, operated by PJSC “TGC-1” since 1934.
Ranked #60 of 112 hydro plants in Russia, Niva GES-2 accounts for 0.12% of the country’s total hydro capacity of 48,889 MW. The largest hydro plant in Russia is Krasnoyarsk at 6,000 MW, making Niva GES-2 100 times smaller.
Nearby plants within 50 km include Kola Nuclear Power Plant (Nuclear, 1,760 MW) and Niva GES-3 (Hydro, 155.5 MW). The facility is located in Murmansk Oblast, approximately 1,200 km northwest of Moscow.

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