Hydroelectricity in Russia

According to the International Hydropower Association Russia is the seventh largest producer of hydroelectricity in 2020.

[1] Russia is home to 9% of the world's hydro resources,[2] mostly in Siberia and the country's far east.

[4] In October 2010, China Yangtze Power, the largest hydropower corporation in China, and EuroSibEnergo, a Russian energy company, signed a cooperation agreement to expand hydroelectric energy production in Russia and export energy to China's northern territories.

The Federal Service for Ecological, Technological, and Nuclear Supervision's investigation concluded that poor management and technical flaws were responsible.

[12] The explosion was caused by a 29-year-old turbine that experienced an uncontrolled and excessive vibration.