Kaunas Hydroelectric Power Plant

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Kaunas Hydroelectric Power Plant
Aerial view in 2023
Official name	Kauno Hidroelektrinė
Country	Lithuania
Location	Kaunas
Coordinates	54°52′27″N 23°59′56″E / 54.87417°N 23.99889°E / 54.87417; 23.99889
Status	Operational
Construction began	1955
Owner(s)	Ignitis grupė
Power Station
Commission date	1959
Type	Conventional
Turbines	4
Installed capacity	100.8 MW
Capacity factor	26.0% (2020)
2020 generation	230 GW·h

The Kaunas Hydroelectric Power Plant (Lithuanian: Kauno Algirdo Brazausko hidroelektrinė) is a hydroelectric power plant located on the Nemunas River about 7.4 kilometres (4.6 mi) southeast of Kaunas, Lithuania. It was completed in 1960 and its dam created the Kaunas Reservoir. Owned by Ignitis Group, it operates in conjunction with the Kruonis Pumped Storage Plant.^[1][2]

The plant consists of 4 turbines each rated at 25.2 MW for a total power of 100.8 megawatts.^[3][4] It supplies about 4% of the electrical demand in Lithuania,^[1][4] in 2020 its production was 0.23 TWh.^[4]

A renovation was begun in 2005, with work to be performed in partnership with the multinational conglomerate Alstom. The first phase was completed in November 2008; completion is scheduled for the end of 2009.^[1]

Short film about the construction of Kaunas Hydroelectric Power Plant (in Lithuanian language)