Irkustsk and Bratsk HPPs have unique water reservoirs of long-term regulation and perform the unprecedented function in the world of hydropower industry: they ensure the balance of production and consumption of electric energy in the entire interconnected energy system of Siberia.
Please read our special project titled “Fluctuations of the Baikal Level” if you want to learn more about how the hydropower plants affect the level of Lake Baikal and why this is so important for everyone living in the region. Questions and answers.
The expedition for monitoring of the ecological state of Lake Baikal ended in September. It was organized by En + Group together with the Lomonosov Moscow State University and was aimed at determining the actual risks and threats to the lake created by anthropogenic load, technology-related factor and natural processes. The results of the expedition were summed up by its leader, Candidate of Biological Sciences, Senior Researcher at the Department of Hydrobiology of Moscow State University, Mikhail Kolobov.