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Photo © Sayano – Shushenskaya Dam

The 6,400MW hydroelectric station , located near Sayanogorsk in Russia , was the subject of a disaster in 2009 that claimed the lives of 75 people and brought the plant ’ s output to a complete halt . Following the failure of one of the plant ’ s turbines that triggered an explosion , the respective building flooded and a section of the turbine hall ’ s roof collapsed . Five years later , in 2014 , the dam had been restored to full operations at a cost of US $ 89.3mn .

NOVEMBER 2019