Kaunas Hydroelectric Power Plant

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Dam in Kaunas

54°52′27″N 23°59′56″E / 54.87417°N 23.99889°E / 54.87417; 23.99889StatusOperationalConstruction began1955Owner(s)Ignitis grupėPower StationCommission date1959TypeConventionalTurbines4Installed capacity100.8 MWCapacity factor26.0% (2020)2020 generation230 GW·h

The Kaunas Hydroelectric Power Plant is located on the Nemunas River about 7.4 kilometres (4.6 mi) southeast of Kaunas, Lithuania. It was completed in 1960 and its dam created the Kaunas Reservoir. Owned by Ignitis Group, it operates in conjunction with the Kruonis Pumped Storage Plant.^[1]^[2]

The plant consists of 4 turbines each rated at 25.2 MW for a total power of 100.8 megawatts.^[3]^[4] It supplies about 4% of the electrical demand in Lithuania,^[1]^[4] in 2020 its production was 0.23 TWh.^[4]

A renovation was begun in 2005, with work to be performed in partnership with the multinational conglomerate Alstom. The first phase was completed in November 2008; completion is scheduled for the end of 2009.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Kauno HE modernizavimas" (in Lithuanian). Lietuvos Energija. Archived from the original on 2007-07-22. Retrieved 2008-01-09.
^ "Modelling the effect of the Hydroelectric pumped storage plant on hydrodynamic regime of the Kaunas Reservoir in Lithuania". Nordic Association for Hydrology, Lyngby, DANEMARK via cat.inist. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
^ "Kauno Algirdo Brazausko hidroelektrinė". 15min. Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Kaunas Hydro Power Plant (KHPP)". ignitisgamyba.lt. Retrieved 2023-11-05.