Kastraki Dam

Dam in Kastraki, Aitoloakarnania, Greece
Dam in Kastraki, Aitoloakarnania
38°44′30.69″N 21°21′51.05″E / 38.7418583°N 21.3641806°E / 38.7418583; 21.3641806PurposePower, flood control, irrigationStatusOperationalOpening date1969Owner(s)Public Power Corporation of GreeceDam and spillwaysType of damEmbankment, earth-fillImpoundsAchelous RiverHeight96 m (315 ft)[1]Length547 m (1,795 ft)Dam volume5,200,000 m3 (6,801,343 cu yd)Spillway typeChute, fuse plugReservoirCreatesLake KastrakiTotal capacity785,000,000 m3 (636,410 acre⋅ft)Catchment area4,118 km2 (1,590 sq mi)[2]Surface area24 km2 (9 sq mi)Power StationCommission date1969TypeConventionalTurbines4 x 80 MW Francis-type[3]Installed capacity320 MWAnnual generation598 GWh

The Kastraki Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Achelous River near the village of Kastraki in Aitoloakarnania, Greece. It was completed in 1969 for the purposes of hydroelectric power generator, flood control and irrigation. The dam's power station houses four 80 MW Francis turbine-generators for an installed capacity of 320 MW.[2][3] In 2010 the dam's overflow chute spillway was upgraded with 20 fuse plugs which increased the maximum height of the Lake Kastraki reservoir by 1.93 m (6.3 ft) and its storage capacity by 44,000,000 m3 (36,000 acre⋅ft).[4]

Terna plans the 680 MW / 5,872 MWh Amphilochia pumped-storage hydroelectricity facility, using Kastraki as the lower reservoir, and a 5 million cubic metre and a 2 million cubic metre as upper reservoirs.[5]

See also

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References

  1. ^ "Large Dams in Greece". Greek Commission on Large Dams. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Large Dams in Greece". National Technical University of Athens. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Hydroelectric Plants in Greece - other regions". IndustCards. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Kastraki Dam" (PDF). HydroPlus. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  5. ^ Murray, Cameron (7 March 2023). "Gigawatts of energy storage projects approved in Greece ahead of auction". Energy Storage News.