Richard B Russell is a 600MW hydro power project. It is located on Savannah river/basin in Georgia, the US. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in a single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in 1985. Buy the profile here.
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Description
The project is currently owned by US Army Corps of Engineers with a stake of 100%.
Richard B Russell is a pumped storage project. The hydro reservoir capacity is 1,834.53 million cubic meter. The gross head of the project is 49.378m. The total number of penstocks, pipes or long channels that carry water down from the hydroelectric reservoir to the turbines inside the actual power station, are 4 in number. The penstock diameter is 7.925m.
Development status
The project got commissioned in 1985.
Contractors involved
The turbines for the hydro power project have been supplied by Andritz Hydro and GE Renewable Energy.
The electric generators for the project were procured from GE Renewable Energy and Siemens.
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