New recommendations for increasing the operating efficiency of the Cheboksari and Lower Kama hydroelectric power plants

Conclusions

• 1. By making use of the reservoirs of the Cheboksari and Lower Kama hydroelectric power plants so as to reduce escapage discharges, it becomes possible to employ already constructed supporting structures, without, moreover, introducing any major disturbances to the economic, social, or ecological circumstances in the zones around the reservoirs.

• 2. By means of the calculations presented above, it has become possible to confirm that implementation of the proposed regime for use of the Cheboksari and Lower Kama hydroelectric power plants is technically feasible.

• 3. The estimated economic gain that we have determined demonstrates that the economic efficiency of the recommened regime is high in all the variants of the economic analysis.

• 4. In view of the results of the study, we believe it essential to further develop planning documentation for implementation of this proposal.