Șugag Dam

Şugag Dam
Location Sebeş, Romania
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Double-arch dam
Impounds Sebeş River
Height 78 m (256 ft)
Reservoir
Total capacity 21,000,000 m3 (740,000,000 cu ft)
Surface area 0.81 km2 (0.31 sq mi)
Power station
Installed capacity 150 MW
Annual generation 260 GWh

The Şugag Dam is a large hydroelectric dam on the Sebeş River situated in Romania. The project was started and finished in the 1980s and it was made up by the construction of a double arched concrete dam measuring 78 m (256 ft) high. The facility generates power by utilizing two turbines, totalling the installed capacity to 150 MW, and generating 260 GWh of electricity annually.

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