Dniprodzerzhynsk Hydroelectric Power Plant

Dniprodzerzhynsk Dam
View power station and dam
Location of Dniprodzerzhynsk Dam in Ukraine
Official name	Dneprodzerzhinska HPS
Location	Kamianske, Ukraine
Coordinates	48°32′52.80″N 34°32′28.67″E / 48.5480000°N 34.5412972°ECoordinates: 48°32′52.80″N 34°32′28.67″E / 48.5480000°N 34.5412972°E
Purpose	Power, navigation
Status	Operational
Construction began	1956
Opening date	1963
Owner(s)	Energy Company of Ukraine
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Earth-fill embankment with gravity sections
Impounds	Dnieper River
Height	15.5 m (51 ft)
Length	7,490 m (24,570 ft)
Reservoir
Creates	Dniprodzerzhynsk Reservoir
Total capacity	2,450,000,000 m^3 (1,986,247 acre·ft)
Surface area	567 km^2 (219 sq mi)
Power station
Operator(s)	Ukrhydroenerho
Commission date	1963-1964
Turbines	8 x 44 MW propeller
Installed capacity	352 MW
Annual generation	1.4 TWh

The Dniprodzerzhynsk Hydroelectric Station is a run-of-river power plant on the Dnieper River in Kamianske, Ukraine. (On 19 May 2016 the Ukrainian parliament voted to rename the city of Dniprodzerzhynsk into Kamianske to comply with decommunization laws.^[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] It is operated by Ukrhydroenerho.^[3]

References

1. "Рада перейменувала Дніпродзержинськ на Кам'янське" (in Ukrainian). Українські Національні Новини. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
   Poroshenko signs laws on denouncing Communist, Nazi regimes, Interfax-Ukraine. 15 May 20
   Goodbye, Lenin: Ukraine moves to ban communist symbols, BBC News (14 April 2015)
2. "Hydroelectric Power Plants in Ukraine". IndustCards. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
3. "Dneprodzerzhinska HPS" (in Russian). UGE. Retrieved 28 February 2014.