Kuban Hydroelectric Power Station-1

Kuban Hydroelectric Power Station-1 ( Kurshavskaya Hydroelectric Power Station-1 ) is a hydroelectric power station in Karachaevo-Cherkessia , near the village of Oktyabrsky Prikubansky District, at the 63rd kilometer of the Great Stavropol Canal . It is part of the Kuban Hydroelectric Power Station Cascade (a group of the Kursavsky Hydroelectric Power Station ), being its second stage. The owner of Kuban HPS-1 is PJSC RusHydro.

Kuban Hydroelectric Power Station-1
A country	Russia
Location	Karachay-Cherkessia
Owner	RusHydro
Status	acting
Year of commencement of construction	1961
Years of input units	1967-1968
Main characteristics
Annual electricity production, mln kWh	197.3
Kind of power plant	derivational
Design head , m	49.8
Electric power, MW	37
Equipment specifications
Type of turbines	radial axial
Number and brand of turbines	2 × PO75-B-250
Flow through turbines, m³ / s	2 × 45
Number and brand of generators	2 × HCV 525 / 119-32
Power of generators, MW	2 × 18.5
Main facilities
Dam type	not
Gateway	not
Outdoor switchgear	110 kV
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Hydroelectric power stations began to be built in 1961. The first hydropower unit was launched in 1967, the second - in 1968. In 1985, the turbines were replaced. The hydroelectric power station was built according to the derivational type. It operates on the drain of the Bolshoi Stavropol Canal, and has no regulation of reservoirs or basins.

The composition of hydroelectric power plants:

• water intake;
• 720 m double-flow pressure pipe;
• hydroelectric power station building 48 m long;
• outlet channel;
• a single spillway consisting of a head, a tray 795 m long, and a water well;
• a discharge channel of an idle spillway 315 m long;
• gateway regulator No. 2 on the Great Stavropol Canal;
• Outdoor switchgear 110 kV.

The capacity of the hydroelectric power station is 37 MW, the average annual output is 197.3 million kWh. Two hydroelectric units with a capacity of 18.5 MW each with radial-axis turbines RO75-V-250 operating at a design head of 49.8 m were installed in the building of the hydroelectric power station. The manufacturer of hydraulic turbines is Kharkov Turboatom, and the generators are Uralelectrotyazhmash ^[1] . HPP equipment is outdated and worn out (wear rate 90%).