The Vorotan Cascade, or the ContourGlobal Hydro Cascade,[5] is a cascade on the Vorotan River in Syunik Province, Armenia. It was built to produce hydroelectric power and provide irrigation water. The Vorotan Cascade consists of three hydroelectric power plants and five reservoirs with a combined installed capacity of 404.2 MW. It is one of the main power generation complexes in Armenia.[6][7]
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^U.S. company buys Armenian power plants in $250 million deal
^Company Overview of Contour Global Hydro Cascade CJSC
^"The Vorotan Cascade, or the ContourGlobal Hydro Cascade as it was indeed renamed after the acquisition". Archived from the original on 2016-11-24. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
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"Vorotan HPPs Cascadе". Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources of Armenia. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
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"Vorotan Hydros. Environmental & Social Review Summary". International Finance Corporation. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
The VorotanCascade, or the ContourGlobal Hydro Cascade, is a cascade on the Vorotan River in Syunik Province, Armenia. It was built to produce hydroelectric...
from Reservoir Capital Group in 2005. In June 2015 it purchased the VorotanCascade in Armenia for US$180 million. ContourGlobal was the subject of an...
energy. Major HPP capacities are installed within Sevan-Hrazdan Cascade and VorotanCascade. The hydropower potential of Armenia is reported to be 21.8 billion...
until 1935, and Sisavan between 1935–40. With the operation of the VorotanCascade during the 1960s, the town of Sisian witnessed rapid growth. Many industrial...
daily load regulation is provided by both the Sevan-Hrazdan Cascade and the Vorotancascade hydropower plants. The aforementioned power plants are the...
energy. Major HPP capacities are installed within Sevan-Hrazdan Cascade and VorotanCascade. The hydropower potential of Armenia is reported to be 21.8 billion...
companies, the Metsamor NPP, the Hrazdan TPP, the Sevan–Hrazdan Cascade, and the VorotanCascade. The HTPP is a balancing station providing energy in the case...
other power plants, such as Hrazdan Thermal Power Plant, VorotanCascade and Sevan-Hrazdan Cascade, provided daily load capacity, while Metsamor Nuclear...
construction of the Vorotan–Arpa tunnel. This 21.6 km (13.4 mi) long tunnel was begun from the Spandarian Reservoir on the Vorotan River further south...
side of the river Vorotan's gorge, basalt lava flows have solidified to form a ledge 18 meters high from which the waterfall cascades down. It is registered...