Kamskaya HPP is a 543 MW hydro power station in Perm, Russia. It is operated by PJSC "RusHydro". Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 543,620 homes (estimated). It ranks #150 of 685 Russia power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1949, it is around 77 years old — an older, legacy facility. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, hydro supplies about 16.7% of Russia's electricity; the national grid averages 450 gCO₂/kWh (35.7% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1003720.
At 543 MW, Kamskaya HPP is well above the median hydro plant in Russia (72 MW). Technically it is described as conventional storage. Hydropower converts the energy of falling or flowing water into electricity; output depends on rainfall and reservoir level, and large dams also provide grid balancing and storage.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by PJSC "RusHydro". All plants by this company →
This hydro plant converts the energy of falling or flowing water through hydro turbines. It sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 58.1°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #20 largest hydro power plant of 105 in Russia by capacity.
Russia has 105 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 45,591 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 58.1146, 56.3289 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
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Kamskaya HPP is a 543 MW hydro power plant in Perm, Russia, commissioned in 1949.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 543,620 homes (estimated).
Kamskaya HPP is operated by PJSC "RusHydro".
