Vau i Dejës Hydroelectric Power Station

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Vau i Dejës Hydroelectric Power Station is a major hydroelectric facility in northern Albania that forms part of the Drin River cascade, contributing significantly to the country’s electricity generation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hydroelectric power station
power plant
commissioningYear 1973
constructionStartYear 1967
continent Europe
contributesTo Albania electricity generation
renewable energy production in Albania
country Albania
damHeightMeters 60
damLengthMeters 260
energySource hydropower
fuelType water
gridConnection Albanian national grid
hasBasinCountry Albania
hasCatchmentArea Drin River basin
linked to: Drin Basin
hasDamType concrete dam
embankment dam
hasGenerationType renewable
hasInfrastructureType hydropower plant
large dam
hasPrimaryPurpose electricity generation
hasSignificance major hydroelectric facility in Albania
hasSpillway yes
hasSpillwayType gated spillway
installedCapacityMW 250
isKeyAssetFor Albanian electricity system
isPartOfSystem Drin River hydropower system
locatedIn northern Albania
locatedInCounty Shkodër County
locatedInMunicipality Vau i Dejës
locatedInRegion Northern Albania
locatedNear Shkodër
linked to: city of Shkodër
locatedOnRiver Drin River
numberOfTurbines 5
openingYear 1973
operator KESH
ownedBy Albanian Power Corporation
KESH
partOf Drin River cascade
plantType run-of-river and storage
region Balkans
reservoirName Lake Vau i Dejës
Vau i Dejës Reservoir
status operational
turbineType Francis turbine
upstreamFrom Fierza Hydroelectric Power Station
Komani Hydroelectric Power Station
watercourse Drin River

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Drin River hasHydroelectricPlant Vau i Dejës Hydroelectric Power Station
Fierza Hydroelectric Power Station formsCascadeWith Vau i Dejës Hydroelectric Power Station