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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Kremenchuk Hydroelectric Power Plant

The Kremenchuk Hydroelectric Power Plant is a run-of-river power plant on the Dnieper River just upstream of Kremenchuk in Svitlovodsk, Ukraine. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and navigation. It is the third dam in the Dnieper cascade and creates the largest reservoir on the river. The dam has an associated lock and a power station with an installed capacity of 624 megawatts (837,000 hp). Construction on the dam began in May 1954, the reservoir began to fill in October 1959, the last generator was commissioned in 1960 and the dam and power plant were inaugurated in 1961. It is operated by Ukrhydroenergo.

Russo-Ukrainian War

On the morning of October 31, 2022, Russian forces launched a massive missile strike on critical infrastructure facilities in Ukraine. In particular, a missile hit was recorded on the territory of the Kremenchuk Hydroelectric Power Station.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Hydroelectric Power Plants in Ukraine". IndustCards. Archived from the original on 8 December 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Kremenchug HPP" (in Russian). UGE. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Kremenchuk Hydroelectric Power Plant Ukraine". Global Energy Observatory. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Росія завдала ракетних ударів по трьох ГЕС в Україні" [Russia has launched missile strikes on three hydroelectric power stations in Ukraine.]. chas.news (in Ukrainian). 2022-10-31. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
  5. ^ "РФ завдала ударів по трьох ГЕС" [Russia has struck three hydroelectric power stations.]. Зеркало недели | Дзеркало тижня | Mirror Weekly (in Ukrainian). 2022-10-31. Retrieved 2024-07-22.