Koman Hydroelectric Power Station

Komani Hydroelectric Power Station
A ferry on the Drin River
LocationAlbania
Coordinates42°06′23″N 19°49′37″E / 42.10639°N 19.82694°E / 42.10639; 19.82694
Construction began1979
Opening date1985
Owner(s)Albanian Power Corporation
Dam and spillways
Type of damRock-fill dam
ImpoundsDrini River
Height130 m (427 ft)
Length275 m (902 ft)
Spillway capacity3,400 m3/sec
Reservoir
CreatesKoman Reservoir
Total capacity16,000,000,000 m3 (5.7×1011 cu ft)
Surface area12 km2 (5 sq mi)
Maximum water depth96 m (315 ft)
Power Station
Operator(s)Albanian Power Corporation
Turbines4 × 150 MW
Installed capacity600 MW

The Koman Hydroelectric Power Station is a large hydroelectric power station (HPP), for which a dam on the Drin River was built. The dam is near the settlement of Koman, northern Albania. It is the second of three dams of the Drin River cascade; the Fierza Hydroelectric Power Station upstream, and the Vau i Dejës Hydroelectric Power Station downstream. The dam, 130m tall, was completed in 1985 and the reservoir was filled with water at full capacity in 1986.

Completed in 1986, the power station consists of four turbines of French origin with a nominal capacity of 150 MW each, totalling the installed capacity to 600 MW.