Baipaza Dam

Baipaza Dam
Location of Baipaza Dam in Tajikistan
Country	Tajikistan
Location	Yovon, Khatlon Province
Coordinates	38°16′4.07″N 69°7′24.28″E
Purpose	Power, irrigation
Status	Operational
Opening date	1985; 39 years ago (1985)
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Embankment, concrete-face rock-fill
Impounds	Vakhsh River
Height	70 m (230 ft)
Reservoir
Active capacity	84,000,000 m^3 (68,000 acre⋅ft)[1]
Operator(s)	Barki Tojik
Commission date	1985-1986
Type	Conventional
Turbines	4 x 150 MW Francis-type
Installed capacity	600 MW
Annual generation	3,500 GWh

The Baipaza Dam (Russian: Байпазинская ГЭС; Tajik: Нерӯгоҳи барқи обии Бойғозӣ) is a concrete face rock-fill dam on the Vakhsh River about 9 km (5.6 mi) southeast of Yovon in Khatlon Province, Tajikistan. A purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and it supports a 600 MW power station. The first three 150 MW Francis turbine-generators were commissioned in 1985, the fourth in 1986.^[2][3] Its reservoir also holds water for the irrigation of some 40,000 ha (99,000 acres) in the Yovon and Obikiik Valleys to the west. This is accomplished by a 7.3-kilometre-long (4.5 mi) tunnel which runs from the right back of the reservoir and through a mountain to the valley.^[4]

References

1. L. Berga; et al., eds. (2006). Dams and reservoirs, societies and environment in the 21st century. London: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0415404231. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
2. "Baipazan HPP" (in Russian). Barki Tojik. Archived from the original on 16 May 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
3. "Hydroelectric Plants in Tajikistan". IndustCards. Archived from the original on January 18, 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
4. Irrigation in the countries of the former Soviet Union in figures. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 1997. p. 186. ISBN 9789251040713. Retrieved 16 January 2015.