Kremenchuk Hydroelectric Power Plant

Hydroelectric power plant in Svitlovodsk, Ukraine

Dam in Svitlovodsk, Ukraine

Kremenchuk Dam

Top of power plant

Location of Kremenchuk Dam in Ukraine

Official name| Кременчуцька ГЕС
Location| Svitlovodsk, Ukraine
Coordinates| 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; 66 years ago (1959)
Owner(s)| Government 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)| Ukrhydroenergo
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 (Ukrainian: Кременчуцька ГЕС, romanized: Kremechutska HES) 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 Ukrhydroenergo.[2][3]

## Russo-Ukrainian War

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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.[4][5] In December 2024, anti-drones protection project was commissioned.[6]

## See also

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* Hydroelectricity in Ukraine

## References

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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.
6. ^ "Ukraine decides to protect Kremenchuk hydroelectric power plant from drones for US$23 million". Ukrainska Pravda. Retrieved 2024-11-22.

## External links

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* Ukraine portal
* Water portal
* Renewable energy portal

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Dnieper River

Tributaries1|

* Bazavluk
* Berezina
* Bilozerka
* Desna
* Drut
* Inhulets
* Irpin
* Konka (Kherson)
* Konka (Zaporizhzhia)
* Oril
* Pripyat
* Psel
* Rohachyk
* Ros
* Samara
* Sozh
* Stuhna
* Sula
* Supii
* Teteriv
* Tiasmyn
* Trubizh
* Vorskla
* Zolotonoshka

Reservoirs|

* Dnieper
* Kakhovka
* Kamianske
* Kaniv
* Kremenchuk
* Kyiv

Hydroelectric
stations|

* Dnieper
* Kakhovka
* Kaniv
* Kyiv HPP
* Kyiv PSP
* Kremenchuk
* Middle Dnieper

Canals|

* Dnipro – Donbas
* Dnipro – Inhulets
* Dnipro – Kryvyi Rih
* Kakhovka
* North Crimean

Cities|

* Cherkasy
* Dnipro
* Dorogobuzh
* Kyiv
* Mogilev
* Smolensk

Crossings|

* in Ukraine

* 1 Italics indicate left tributaries

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