Roseires Hydropower Plant

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Roseires Hydropower Plant is a major hydroelectric facility in Sudan that generates electricity using water impounded by the Roseires Dam on the Blue Nile River.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hydroelectric power plant
affectsDownstreamCountry Sudan
affectsRegion eastern Sudan
basinCountry Sudan
commissionedInDecade 1960s
connectedBy high-voltage transmission lines
continent Africa
country Sudan
energySource hydropower
fuelType water
generationType run-of-reservoir hydropower
gridConnection Sudanese national grid
hasComponent intake structures
penstocks
powerhouse building
switchyard
hasEnvironmentalImpact modification of Blue Nile flow regime
reservoir-induced sedimentation
hasTurbineType Francis turbine
impoundedBy Roseires Dam
isPartOf Sudan national hydropower fleet
isUpstreamOf Sennar Hydropower Plant
locatedAtDam Roseires Dam
locatedInRegion Blue Nile State
locatedNearCity Ad-Damazin
locatedNearTown Er Roseires
locatedOnRiver Blue Nile
operator Sudan Ministry of Water Resources and Electricity
Sudanese hydropower authority
owner Government of Sudan
partOfSystem Nile hydropower system
primaryFunction electricity generation
relatedInfrastructure Roseires Dam powerhouse
Roseires Dam spillway
roleInSector major source of electricity in Sudan
strategicImportance key asset for Sudanese energy security
supportsEconomicActivity agriculture in Blue Nile State
industrial power supply in Sudan
supportsUse flood control
irrigation
water supply
technology conventional hydroelectric
underwentUpgrade capacity expansion project
usesWaterSource Blue Nile River
waterBodyCreatedByDam Roseires Reservoir

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Roseires Dam hasPowerPlant Roseires Hydropower Plant
Ad-Damazin hasNearbyInfrastructure Roseires hydroelectric facilities
linked to: Roseires Hydropower Plant
Roseires energyInfrastructureNearby Roseires Dam hydroelectric power station
linked to: Roseires Hydropower Plant
Roseires Hydropower Plant relatedInfrastructure Roseires Dam powerhouse
linked to: Roseires Hydropower Plant
Roseires Reservoir hasAssociatedStructure Roseires Dam power station
linked to: Roseires Hydropower Plant