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Victoria Dam (Sri Lanka)

Run-of-river hydropower plant
Hydropower and reservoirs
A hydropower plant with little or no storage where output closely follows river inflow.
Run of river plants typically have small forebays and cannot significantly shift water in time. Their generation depends directly on river flow and installed capacity. In integrated system models they are often treated as non dispatchable or limited dispatchable resources that complement storage based plants.
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