| Middle Dnieper Hydroelectric Power Plant | |
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 View of power station and dam | |
  Location of Middle Dnieper Hydroelectric Power Plant in Ukraine | |
| Official name | Середньодніпровська ГЕС |
| Location | Kamianske, Ukraine |
| Coordinates | 48°32′52.80″N 34°32′28.67″E / 48.5480000°N 34.5412972°E / 48.5480000; 34.5412972 |
| Purpose | Power, navigation |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | 1956 |
| Opening date | 1963; 61 years ago (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 m (1,986,247 acre⋅ft) |
| Surface area | 567 km (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 Middle Dnieper Hydroelectric Station is a run-of-river power plant on the Dnieper River in Kamianske, Ukraine, operated by Ukrhydroenergo.
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. Until 2016 the plant was named Dniprodzerzhynska HES, after the Soviet name of the town of Kamianske.
See also
References
- "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.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - "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.
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