Kalistani Major History

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New KPO Dams begin Operations
4 of 8 new High Dams begin operation between 4 and 6 months ahead of Schedule
Lhasa Narrows, Duchy of Neveras
October 19, 5514


Lhasa Narrows Dam, North of Lhasa, Neveras has filled and is now generating power

Four of the eight dams in the nearly decade and a half old Civil Infrastructure Program being run by KPO have been completed and are beginning to generate power. The Lhasa Narrows Dam was the first to get underway, and is generating power that will ultimately yield more than 1100 GWh annually. The other 3 dams, The Bong High Dam, the Upper Gran Dam and the Platte Narrows Dam near Harlond Vrassa, are also beginning operation and will slowly ramp up to capacity of a total of 2900 GWh between the three. The Chancellor of the Empire was on hand at Lhasa Narrows to inaugurate the Dam operation.

"It is a feat of civil engineering and effort on the part of the National Service Program that built this dam and this resevoir," said Lord Wilkes. "This dam is 645 Feet tall, is half a mile long, and limits a resevoir that is close to 5000 acres in size. Not only will this dam produce enough energy to light this district and a good portion of Suldanor and Odufaray, but it will also provide flood control lower on the Neveras River and a regular source of water for hundreds of thousands of the Central Valley's Residents and farmers via aqueduct. The dams that we have completed so far and will complete will provide a reliable and abundant source of green energy for Kalistan Proper for generations to come, and through energy connections, will permit Kalistan to sell inexpensive electricity abroad to out neighbors. Most of all, it will once more dramatically reduce our dependence on hydrocarobons to fuel out power plants."

The remaining four dams are continuing on schedule, with the first dam above Littleton, Vrassa being completed late next year and the Yoshimi, Kluptoon and Lucid Rivers Dams being completed in 5516. Additional geothermal energy facilities in the Green Mountains of Ananto are also nearing completion, and civil Engineers are looking at the possibility of extending the Dam Construction project to either the Zappa or Davon Rivers above Kaliburg. "We are in the preliminary stages of that project at the moment," said Lord Wilkes. "There are a lot of variables to consider, and some of them are political. Sadly..."

The completion of the Lhasa Narrows Dam and the other three projects frees resources up to be directed toward the remaining 4 dams, and may even bring one or more of those to completion ahead of schedule.