Middle Dnieper Hydroelectric Power Plant | |
Name Official: | Середньодніпровська ГЕС |
Dam Crosses: | Dnieper River |
Location: | Kamianske, Ukraine |
Dam Type: | Earth-fill embankment with gravity sections |
Status: | O |
Purpose: | Power, navigation |
Dam Length: | 7490m (24,570feet) |
Dam Height: | 15.5m (50.9feet) |
Construction Began: | 1956 |
Owner: | Ukrhydroenergo |
Res Name: | Kamianske Reservoir |
Res Capacity Total: | 24500000000NaN0 |
Res Surface: | 5670NaN0 |
Plant Operator: | Ukrhydroenergo |
Plant Turbines: | 8 x 44 MW propeller |
Plant Capacity: | 352 MW |
Plant Annual Gen: | 1.4 TWh |
Plant Commission: | 1963-1964 |
Location Map: | Ukraine |
Coordinates: | 48.548°N 34.5413°W |
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]