Middle Dnieper Hydroelectric Station

Dam in Kamianske, Ukraine

48°32′52.80″N 34°32′28.67″E / 48.5480000°N 34.5412972°E / 48.5480000; 34.5412972PurposePower, navigationStatusOperationalConstruction began1956Opening date1963; 61 years ago (1963)Owner(s)UkrhydroenergoDam and spillwaysType of damEarth-fill embankment with gravity sectionsImpoundsDnieper RiverHeight15.5 m (51 ft)Length7,490 m (24,570 ft)ReservoirCreatesKamianske ReservoirTotal capacity2,450,000,000 m³ (1,986,247 acre⋅ft)Surface area567 km² (219 sq mi)Power StationOperator(s)UkrhydroenergoCommission date1963-1964Turbines8 x 44 MW propellerInstalled capacity352 MWAnnual generation1.4 TWh

The Middle Dnieper Hydroelectric Station is a run-of-river power plant on the Dnieper River in Kamianske, Ukraine, operated by Ukrhydroenergo.^[1]

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]

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.
^ "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.