Roseires Hydropower Plant

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Roseires Hydropower Plant is a major hydroelectric facility in Sudan that generates electricity using water impounded by the Roseires Dam on the Blue Nile River.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hydroelectric power plant
affectsDownstreamCountry Sudan NERFINISHED
affectsRegion eastern Sudan NERFINISHED
basinCountry Sudan NERFINISHED
commissionedInDecade 1960s
connectedBy high-voltage transmission lines
continent Africa
country Sudan
energySource hydropower
fuelType water
generationType run-of-reservoir hydropower
gridConnection Sudanese national grid
hasComponent intake structures
penstocks
powerhouse building
switchyard
hasEnvironmentalImpact modification of Blue Nile flow regime
reservoir-induced sedimentation
hasTurbineType Francis turbine
impoundedBy Roseires Dam NERFINISHED
isPartOf Sudan national hydropower fleet
isUpstreamOf Sennar Hydropower Plant NERFINISHED
locatedAtDam Roseires Dam NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion Blue Nile State NERFINISHED
locatedNearCity Ad-Damazin NERFINISHED
locatedNearTown Er Roseires NERFINISHED
locatedOnRiver Blue Nile NERFINISHED
operator Sudan Ministry of Water Resources and Electricity NERFINISHED
Sudanese hydropower authority NERFINISHED
owner Government of Sudan NERFINISHED
partOfSystem Nile hydropower system NERFINISHED
primaryFunction electricity generation
relatedInfrastructure Roseires Dam powerhouse NERFINISHED
Roseires Dam spillway NERFINISHED
roleInSector major source of electricity in Sudan
strategicImportance key asset for Sudanese energy security
supportsEconomicActivity agriculture in Blue Nile State
industrial power supply in Sudan
supportsUse flood control
irrigation
water supply
technology conventional hydroelectric
underwentUpgrade capacity expansion project
usesWaterSource Blue Nile River NERFINISHED
waterBodyCreatedByDam Roseires Reservoir NERFINISHED

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Roseires Dam hasPowerPlant Roseires Hydropower Plant