Bratsk hydroelectric plant gets new turbine
Saturday, October 7, 2006 The city of Bratsk in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, received a new turbine for its famous 4,500 megawatt hydroelectric plant founded in the mid-1950s on the Angara river. In future this new unit will cause an efficiency rise up to 255MW for each turbine. Currently, the Bratsk Power Station operates 18 hydro-turbines,…