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<br />WATER RE:&tH1RCE DEVEWPMENT
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<br />'central industrial region and the Ural area lack significant hydroelectric
<br />resources.
<br />The hydroelectric potential of the U. S. S. R. is very large. It has been
<br />estimated at about 3,700 biilion kilowatt-hours per year, about 12 percent of
<br />the world's total, or 7.6 times U. S. potential. The greatest portion of the unde-
<br />veloped potential is in Siberia, far from centers of consumption. The now
<br />abandoned sixth 5-year plan (1956--60) called for an increase by 1960 of 2.7
<br />times in the installed capacity of hydroelectric powerplants and 2.2 times in
<br />thermal electric plants. It is not as yet possible, however, to predict what the
<br />new planfor 1965 wiil contain. Atomic energy is being used for power production
<br />on an experimental basis at the present time, and larger plants are under
<br />construction.
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<br />MAJOR PROJECTS
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<br />The Kuibishev project on the Volga, which has an installed capacity of 2.1
<br />million kilowatts, has recently been completed, and it is planned that its reservoir
<br />will help irrigate 1 million hectares. The Stalingrad project, downstream from
<br />Kuibishev, is now under construction; it will have a capacity of 2.3 million
<br />kilowatts and wiil help irrigate 1.5 miilion hectares.
<br />The Kakhovka project (312,000 kilowatts) on the Dnieper is complete and the.
<br />Kremenchug (450,000 kilowatt) storage reservoir project is under construction
<br />on the Dnieper. The Kremenchug project will provide storage capacity for
<br />the existing Dneprostroi and Khakovka projects and other projected dams
<br />downstream.
<br />In Siberia development is now concentrated on the Angara River, which is
<br />especially favorable for hydroelectric development because of its unusually
<br />constant flow through the year. The largest project now under construction,
<br />the Bratsk development, wiil have a capacity of 3.6 million kilowatts. It is
<br />scheduled for completion in 1960.
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<br />FEDERAL POWER COM~nSSION COMPARISONS
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<br />To show what Communist countries, other than Russia are doing
<br />to increase their power production, the Federal Power Commission
<br />made a list, with China showing the greatest surge, that follows;
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<br />TABLE A.-Installed electric generating capacity
<br />[In thousands of kilowatts]
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<br />C
<br />K
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<br /> Other Communist countries 1948 1955 1956
<br /> (estimated)
<br />Albania._______________________________________________________ 10 31 31
<br />Bulgaria. ___ _ __ _ _ ____ _ ___ ______ _ _ _ _ _ ____ _____ _ _ _______.__ _____ 160 500 515
<br />Czechoslovakia _ _.n _ _ ___ __ _ _ __un ______ ~ ___ n _.___.__ .___ ___ 2,132 3,105 3,275
<br />Germany, EasL ___ _ ____ _ ____ __ _ _____ ___ ____ ______ ______ _ __ ___ 4,500 5,056 5,400:
<br />Hungary ______ _ _ ____ _ ___ _ _'-_ _ _ _ ___ ___ _ _________ ____ ________ ___ 825 1,000 1,08&
<br />I~l~~~ia~~-_~~== == ==== = = == ====== ===== = == ============== === = ==== = 2,200 3,361 3,498
<br />575 1,220 1,250'-
<br />yugoslavia_______ _ _ ____ ____ _ _ __ ____ _______ _ ____ _h _ ___ __ _ ___ ___ 680 1,096 1,4-20
<br />Subtotal___ ____ ____ __ _ _ _ _ __ _ ___ __ _ _____ _ _ ______ _ ________ 11,082 15,369 . 16,474
<br />hina__~___ _ __ _ __ ~_ __ _ _ __ __ __ ___ ___. _____ _ ~ _~ ____ _ ______ ______ 960 2,500 3,500
<br />orea, N ortb__ __ ____ ~__. ____ _h _ _ _____ _ ____ __ __ _______ ________ 1,500 2, ]20 2,150
<br />SubtotaL __ _ _u ____ ___ _. _ _____. _____. _______ __ ____u____ 2,460 4,620 5,710-
<br />Total_ _ _ __ _ _ __h ~ _ _~ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ ~_ _________________ _ _ ____ ____ 13,542 I 19,989 22,184
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<br />Still another comparison in table form of increased installed capac":
<br />ity of non-Communist West European countries was made on request
<br />by the Federal Power Commission. Outstanding is West Germany,
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