Hydroelectricity is electricity produced from hydropower. In 2015, hydropower generated 16.6% of the world's total electricity and 70% of all renewable electricity, and was expected to increase about 3.1% each year for the next 25 years.
Almaty Region is a region of Kazakhstan. Its capital is Taldykorgan, which has a population of 123,000. Population of the region: 1,807,894 ; 1,557,269.
The Volga Hydroelectric Station or Volga GES also known as the 22nd Congress of the CPSU Stalingrad/Volgograd Hydroelectric Power Station, is the largest hydroelectric station in Europe, and it is the last of the Volga-Kama Cascade of dams, immediately before the Volga River flows into the Caspian Sea. It was the largest powerstation in the world between 1960 and 1963. Today, it is operated by the electricity company RusHydro.
The regions of Kazakhstan are divided into 170 districts. The districts are listed below, by region:
The Kapshagay Hydroelectric Power Plant is a hydroelectricity power plant on the Ili River in Almaty Province of Kazakhstan. Constructed between 1965 and 1970, it has four individual turbines with a nominal output of around 91 MW which will deliver up to 364 MW of power and generates 972 million kilowatt-hours of electricity per year.
The Bukhtarma Hydroelectric Power Plant is a hydroelectric power plant on the Irtysh River 5 kilometres (3 mi) upstream of the town of Serebryansk, in East Kazakhstan Province of Kazakhstan. "Bukhtarma" or "Buqtyrma" is a Kazakh word that can be translated as "ambush; blocking".
The Ust-Kamenogorsk Hydroelectric Power Plant is a hydroelectric power plant on the Irtysh River near Ust-Kamenogorsk in East Kazakhstan Province of Kazakhstan. It has 4 individual turbines with a nominal output of 82.8 MW with a generating capacity of 339.4 MW and generates 1.58 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity per year. It is owned and operated by AES Corporation.
The Kambar-Ata Dam is a proposed dam on the Naryn River in central Kyrgyzstan. One of six planned to be built on the river, it will become one of the largest dams in the world at approximately 275 metres (902 ft) high and containing about 370 million cubic metres of rock and earth. The Kambar-Ati-1 Hydro Power Plant at the base of the dam will have a capacity of around 2,000 megawatts. The project will be constructed jointly with Russia and possibly Kazakhstan as well.
Balpyk Derbisaliuly (1705–1780) was a Kazakh military figure. Born in Koksu District in Almaty Province, the Kazakh people named him "Yegiz bi", meaning "twin judges". He was a prominent figure during the Dzungar invasions in Kazakhstan, and headed the Zhalaiyir tribe.
Balpyk Bi is a settlement and capital of Koksu District in Almaty Region of south-eastern Kazakhstan. It is named after the Kazakh military hero Balpyk Derbisaliuly. Population: 12,654 ; 12,145.
Tunkuruz Hydroelectric Power Plant is a hydroelectric power plant in Beskol village, Alakol District, in Almaty Province, Kazakhstan.
Kyzylbulak Hydroelectric Power Plant is the hydroelectric power plant in Balpyk Bi, Koksu District, in Almaty Province, Kazakhstan.
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Serikzhan Muzhikov is a Kazakhstan international football player who plays for FC Astana in the Kazakhstan Premier League.
The Chardara Dam, also known as Chardarin Dam, is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Syr Darya River in Shardara District, Kazakhstan. It was constructed between 1964 and 1968 with the primary purpose of irrigation. The dam has an associated 100 MW hydroelectric plant named Shardarinsk Hydroelectric Power Station. The dam provides water to the Kyzyl-Kum channel for crop irrigation. The reservoir created by the dam has a maximum storage capacity of 5,700,000,000 m3 (4,600,000 acre⋅ft) and a surface area of 900 km2 (350 sq mi). The dam has been undergoing structural rehabilitation and a power station upgrade is currently in planning. The power station's four 25 MW Kaplan turbine-generators are scheduled to be upgraded to 31.5 MW each.
Bostanliq is a raion (district) of Tashkent Region in Uzbekistan. The capital lies at Gazalkent.
