Kastraki Dam

The Kastraki Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Achelous River near the village of Kastraki in Aitoloakarnania, Greece. It was completed in 1969 for the purposes of hydroelectric power generator, flood control and irrigation. The dam's power station houses four 80 MW Francis turbine-generators for an installed capacity of 320 MW.[2][3] In 2010 the dam's overflow chute spillway was upgraded with 20 fuse plugs which increased the maximum height of the Lake Kastraki reservoir by 1.93 m (6.3 ft) and its storage capacity by 44,000,000 m³ (36,000 acre⋅ft).[4]

Kastraki Dam
Kastraki Lake
Location of Kastraki Dam in Greece
Country	Greece
Location	Kastraki, Aitoloakarnania
Coordinates	38°44′30.69″N 21°21′51.05″E
Purpose	Power, flood control, irrigation
Status	Operational
Opening date	1969
Owner(s)	Public Power Corporation of Greece
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Embankment, earth-fill
Impounds	Achelous River
Height	96 m (315 ft)[1]
Length	547 m (1,795 ft)
Dam volume	5,200,000 m3 (6,801,343 cu yd)
Spillway type	Chute, fuse plug
Reservoir
Creates	Lake Kastraki
Total capacity	785,000,000 m3 (636,410 acre⋅ft)
Catchment area	4,118 km2 (1,590 sq mi)[2]
Surface area	24 km2 (9 sq mi)
Power Station
Commission date	1969
Type	Conventional
Turbines	4 x 80 MW Francis-type[3]
Installed capacity	320 MW
Annual generation	598 GWh

Terna plans the 680 MW / 5,872 MWh Amphilochia pumped-storage hydroelectricity facility, using Kastraki as the lower reservoir, and a 5 million cubic metre and a 2 million cubic metre as upper reservoirs.[5]