Kremenchuk Hydroelectric Power Plant

Kremenchuk Dam

Top of power plant
Location of Kremenchuk Dam in Ukraine
Official name Kremenchug HPP
Location Svitlovodsk, Ukraine
Coordinates 49°4′39.13″N 33°15′02.17″E / 49.0775361°N 33.2506028°E / 49.0775361; 33.2506028Coordinates: 49°4′39.13″N 33°15′02.17″E / 49.0775361°N 33.2506028°E / 49.0775361; 33.2506028
Purpose Power, navigation
Status Operational
Construction began 1954
Opening date 1959 (1959)
Owner(s) Energy Company of Ukraine
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Earth-fill embankment with gravity sections
Impounds Dnieper River
Length 10,500 m (34,400 ft)
Reservoir
Creates Kremenchuk Reservoir
Total capacity 13,520×10^6 m3 (10,960,842 acre·ft)
Active capacity 8,700×10^6 m3 (7,053,205 acre·ft)
Surface area 2,250 km2 (869 sq mi)
Maximum length 172 km (107 mi)
Maximum width 40 km (25 mi)
Power station
Operator(s) Ukrhydroenerho
Commission date 1959-1960
Hydraulic head 14.2 m (47 ft)
Turbines 12 x 52 MW propeller
Installed capacity 624 MW
Annual generation 1.5 TWh

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.[1] It is operated by Ukrhydroenerho.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "Hydroelectric Power Plants in Ukraine". IndustCards. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "Kremenchug HPP" (in Russian). UGE. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Kremenchuk Hydroelectric Power Plant Ukraine". Global Energy Observatory. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
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