Mingachevir Dam


The Mingachevir Dam is the largest hydroelectric power station in the South Caucasus, is located over Kur river and not far from Mingachevir city.

History

The construction of the station started in 1945, the first hydro aggregate was put into operation in 1953. In 1954, the station was put into operation with full capacity. President of the Republic of Azerbaijan participated in the ceremony of commissioning of Mingachevir hydroelectric power station after reconstruction on February 27, 2018. All hydro generators and hydro turbines of the station were replaced with new ones within the framework of the reconstruction. As a result, the production capacity of the power station was increased from 284 MW to 424 MW.
A large number of people came from different regions of Azerbaijan due to the installation of Mingachevir hydroelectric power station. In total 20,000 people took part in the construction of the power station. Approximately 10,000 German prisoners of the military were involved in the installation towards the end of the 1940s.
The dam serves several purposes to include hydroelectric power production and water storage for irrigation. Mingachevir reservoir, behind the dam, supplies water to the Upper Qarabag and Upper Sirvan Channels which help irrigate about of farmland in the country. Its six Francis turbine-generators were overhauled or replaced with sets in 2000. Mingachevir reservoir has a storage capacity of, covering. The length of the dam is, its width is and height is.

Technical parameters

The capacity of the Mingachevir HPP is 359 MW which has 6 hydroaggregats. Average annual electric power production is 1.4 billion kW / hr.
Water intersection includes concrete dam consisting of 3 holes, water intake facility to pressured water pipes consisting of 6 holes, dam of land, device with 1 hole that intakes water to Upper Garabagh and Upper Shirvan canal.