RusHydro

RusHydro (previous name: Hydro-OGK, ) is a Russian hydroelectricity company. As of early 2012, it had a capacity of 34.9 gigawatts.[3] In late 2009, it was the world's second-largest hydroelectric power producer[4] and is the country's largest power-generating company and the largest successor to RAO UES. The partly government-owned conglomerate underwent a major consolidation beginning in July 2007.[5] As of 2011, the head of the company was Evgeny Dod.[4] Its head office is in Obruchevsky District, South-Western Administrative Okrug, Moscow.[6] In 2021, the company's revenue amounted to 190 billion rubles.[7]

Major power plants

• Bureya Dam
• Volga Hydroelectric Station
• Votkinsk Hydroelectric Station
• Dagestan Branch
• Zhiguli Hydroelectric Station
• Zagorskaya PSHPP
• Zeya Dam
• Irganayskaya HPP
• Kabardino-Balkarian Branch
• Kamskaya HPP
• Karachaevo-Cherkessian Branch
• Cascade of Verkhnevolzhskiye HPPs
• Cascade of Kubanskiye HPPs
• Nizhegorodskaya HPP
• Novosibirskaya HPP
• Saratov Hydroelectric Station
• Boguchany Dam
• Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam
• Northern Ossetian Branch
• Cheboksary Dam

Owners and management

Sanctions

On 24 February 2022, in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the United States sanctioned several Russian individuals, entities and financial institutions, including RusHydro.[19][20]

See also

• Kislaya Guba Tidal Power Station
• 2009 Sayano-Shushenskaya hydro accident

External links

• Official site
• Official site
• RusHydro completes consolidation, '07 results jump International Water Power and Dam Construction 10 July 2008
• Big blue A clean-power colossus hopes to grow even bigger 24 July 2008 The Economist print edition