Middle Dnieper Hydroelectric Station
(Redirected from Dniprodzerzhynsk Hydroelectric Station)
The Middle Dnieper Hydroelectric Station is a run-of-river power plant on the Dnieper River in Kamianske, Ukraine, operated by Ukrhydroenergo.[1]
Middle Dnieper Hydroelectric Power Plant | |
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Official name | Середньодніпровська ГЕС |
Location | Kamianske, Ukraine |
Coordinates | 48°32′52.80″N 34°32′28.67″E / 48.5480000°N 34.5412972°E |
Purpose | Power, navigation |
Status | Operational |
Construction began | 1956 |
Opening date | 1963 |
Owner(s) | Ukrhydroenergo |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Earth-fill embankment with gravity sections |
Impounds | Dnieper River |
Height | 15.5 m (51 ft) |
Length | 7,490 m (24,570 ft) |
Reservoir | |
Creates | Kamianske Reservoir |
Total capacity | 2,450,000,000 m3 (1,986,247 acre⋅ft) |
Surface area | 567 km2 (219 sq mi) |
Power Station | |
Operator(s) | Ukrhydroenergo |
Commission date | 1963-1964 |
Turbines | 8 x 44 MW propeller |
Installed capacity | 352 MW |
Annual generation | 1.4 TWh |
The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and navigation. It is the fourth dam in the Dnieper cascade. The dam has an associated lock and a power station with an installed capacity of 352 MW. Construction on the dam began in 1956 and the last generator was commissioned in 1964.[2] Until 2016 the plant was named Dniprodzerzhynska HES, after the Soviet name of the town of Kamianske.[3][4]
See also
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edit- ^ "Середньодніпровська ГЕС" (in Ukrainian). UHE. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ "Hydroelectric Power Plants in Ukraine". IndustCards. Archived from the original on 8 December 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
- ^ "КАБІНЕТ МІНІСТРІВ УКРАЇНИ РОЗПОРЯДЖЕННЯ від 8 листопада 2017 р. № 795-р Київ Про перейменування Дніпродзержинського водосховища" [Order of November 8, 2017, No. 795-р Kyiv On the Renaming of the Dniprodszherzhynsk Reservoir]. www.kmu.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). 2017-11-08. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
- ^ "Про перейменування Дніпродзержинського водосховища" [On the Renaming of the Dniprodszherzhynsk Reservoir]. Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-07-22.