Hooverova brana je betonska lučno-gravitacijska brana i derivacijska hidroelektrana na rijeci Colorado, između dvije američke savezne države, Arizone i Nevade. Sagrađena je između 1931. i 1936, za vrijeme Velike depresije u SAD-u. U početku se zvala Bolderska brana, ali je kasnije dobila naziv
Nova Asuanska visoka brana je počela da se gradi 1960te godine 4 kilometra uzvodno od stare Asuanske brane, odnosno 1000 kilometara uzvodno od Kaira (686 kilometara, mjereno pod uglom 166.8°). Asuanska Visoka brana je dugačka 3830 metara, široka u bazi 980 m, 40 metara široka u kruni i 111 meta
The Contra Dam, commonly known as the Verzasca Dam and the Locarno Dam, is an arch dam on the Verzasca River in the Val Verzasca of Ticino, Switzerland. The dam creates Lago di Vogorno 2 km (1.2 mi) upstream of Lake Maggiore and supports a 105 MW hydroelectric power station. It was constructed b
The Zhiguli Hydroelectric Station or Zhigulyovskaya Hydroelectric Station (Russian: Жигулёвская ГЭС, Zhigulyovskaya GES), formerly known as Kuybyshev Hydroelectric Station (Kuybyshev GES) is a hydroelectric station on the Volga River, located near Zhigulyovsk and Tolyatti in Samara Oblast of Rus
Sayano–Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station (Russian: Сая́но-Шу́шенская гидроэлектроста́нция, Sayano-Shushenskaya Gidroelektrostantsiya) is located on the Yenisei River, near Sayanogorsk in Khakassia, Russia. It is the largest power plant in Russia and the sixth-largest hydroelectric plant in
The Krasnoyarsk hydroelectric dam is a 124-metre (407 ft) high concrete gravity dam located on the Yenisey River about 30 kilometres (19 mi) upstream from Krasnoyarsk in Divnogorsk, Russia. It was constructed from 1956 to 1972 and supplies 6,000 MW of power, mostly used to supply the KrAZ (K
The Nesjavellir Geothermal Power Station (NGPS) is the second-largest geothermal power station in Iceland. The facility is located 177 m (581 ft) above sea level in the southwestern part of the country, near Thingvellir and the Hengill Volcano. NGPS is owned and operated by ON Power.
The Kremenchuk Hydroelectric Power Plant is a run-of-river power plant on the Dnieper River just upstream of Kremenchuk in Ukraine. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and navigation. It is the third dam in the Dnieper cascade and creates the largest reservoir on the
The Hydroelectric Power Station Jasyretâ-Apipé (from Guaraní jasy retâ, “country of the moon”) is a hydroelectric plant built over the waterfalls of Jasyretâ-Apipé in the Paraná River, between the Argentine Province of Corrientes and the Paraguayan department of Misiones. The dam is named for Yacyre