Komani Hydroelectric Power Station | |
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A ferry on the Drin River
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Location | Albania |
Coordinates | 42°06′23″N 19°49′37″E / 42.10639°N 19.82694°ECoordinates: 42°06′23″N 19°49′37″E / 42.10639°N 19.82694°E |
Construction began | 1979 |
Opening date | 1985 |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Rock-fill dam |
Impounds | Drini River |
Height | 130 m (427 ft) |
Length | 275 m (902 ft) |
Reservoir | |
Creates | Koman Reservoir |
Total capacity | 16,000,000,000 m3 (5.7×1011 cu ft) |
Surface area | 12 km2 (5 sq mi) |
Max. water depth | 96 m (315 ft) |
Power station | |
Turbines | 4 × 150 MW |
Installed capacity | 600 MW |
The Koman Hydroelectric Power Station is a large hydroelectric power station, for which a dam on the Drin River was built. The dam is near the settlement of Koman, northern Albania. It is the second of three dams on the Drin River; the Fierza Hydroelectric Power Station upstream, and the Vau i Dejës Hydroelectric Power Station downstream. The dam, 130m tall, was completed in 1985 and the reservoir was filled with water at full capacity in 1986.
Completed in 1986, the power station consists of four turbines of French origin with a nominal capacity of 150 MW each, totalling the installed capacity to 600 MW.