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]
| Kastraki Dam | |
|---|---|
 Kastraki Lake | |
  Location of Kastraki Dam in Greece | |
| Country | Greece |
| Location | Kastraki, Aitoloakarnania |
| Coordinates | 38°44′30.69″N 21°21′51.05″E / 38.7418583°N 21.3641806°E |
| Purpose | Power, flood control, irrigation |
| Status | Operational |
| Opening date | 1969 |
| Owner(s) | Public Power Corporation of Greece |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | Embankment, earth-fill |
| Impounds | Achelous River |
| Height | 96 m (315 ft)[1] |
| Length | 547 m (1,795 ft) |
| Dam volume | 5,200,000 m3 (6,801,343 cu yd) |
| Spillway type | Chute, fuse plug |
| Reservoir | |
| Creates | Lake Kastraki |
| Total capacity | 785,000,000 m3 (636,410 acre⋅ft) |
| Catchment area | 4,118 km2 (1,590 sq mi)[2] |
| Surface area | 24 km2 (9 sq mi) |
| Power Station | |
| Commission date | 1969 |
| Type | Conventional |
| Turbines | 4 x 80 MW Francis-type[3] |
| Installed capacity | 320 MW |
| Annual generation | 598 GWh |
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]
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References
edit- ^ "Large Dams in Greece". Greek Commission on Large Dams. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- ^ a b "Large Dams in Greece". National Technical University of Athens. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- ^ a b "Hydroelectric Plants in Greece - other regions". IndustCards. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
- ^ "Kastraki Dam" (PDF). HydroPlus. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
- ^ Murray, Cameron (7 March 2023). "Gigawatts of energy storage projects approved in Greece ahead of auction". Energy Storage News.