The Nizhnekamsk Hydroelectric Station (Russian: Нижнекамская ГЭС) also known as Lower Kama is a dam and hydroelectric power station on the lower Kama River near Naberezhnye Chelny in Tatarstan Russia. The purpose of the dam is power production navigation and water supply. It powers a 1248 MW station with 16 x 78 MW Kaplan turbine-generators.