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Middle Dnieper 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
View of power station and dam
Middle Dnieper Hydroelectric Station is located in Ukraine
Middle Dnieper Hydroelectric Station
Location of Middle Dnieper Hydroelectric Power Plant in Ukraine
Official nameСередньодніпровська ГЕС
LocationKamianske, Ukraine
Coordinates48°32′52.80″N 34°32′28.67″E / 48.5480000°N 34.5412972°E / 48.5480000; 34.5412972
PurposePower, navigation
StatusOperational
Construction began1956
Opening date1963; 61 years ago (1963)
Owner(s)Ukrhydroenergo
Dam and spillways
Type of damEarth-fill embankment with gravity sections
ImpoundsDnieper River
Height15.5 m (51 ft)
Length7,490 m (24,570 ft)
Reservoir
CreatesKamianske Reservoir
Total capacity2,450,000,000 m3 (1,986,247 acre⋅ft)
Surface area567 km2 (219 sq mi)
Power Station
Operator(s)Ukrhydroenergo
Commission date1963-1964
Turbines8 x 44 MW propeller
Installed capacity352 MW
Annual generation1.4 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]

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  1. ^ "Середньодніпровська ГЕС" (in Ukrainian). UHE. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Hydroelectric Power Plants in Ukraine". IndustCards. Archived from the original on 8 December 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "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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