Hydroelectricity in Ukraine

Hydropower is part of renewable energy in Ukraine. Ukraine is trying to build more small hydroelectric plants as sources of electricity in Ukraine.^[1] State operating company is Ukrhydroenergo.^[2] About half of hydro capacity of power stations in Ukraine has been destroyed in the Russian invasion of Ukraine,^[3] including the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant.^[4] Defence against drones is important.^[5]

General characteristics

Dnieper Hydroelectric Station in Zaporizhzhia Oblast

The main cascades of hydroelectric power stations are the Dnipro cascade and the Dniester cascade.^{[citation needed]} Ukrhydroenergo is seeking more financing for the Kaniv Pumped Storage Power Station.^[2]

Development plans

The draft action plan for the implementation of the Energy Strategy of Ukraine for the period until 2050, published on the website of the Ministry of Energy on December 11, 2024, plans to study the possibility of building new hydroelectric power plants (HPP) and pumped storage power stations (PSPS):^[6]

• Upper Dniester HPP cascade (79.2 MW);
• HPP cascade on the Ukrainian section of the Tysa River (220 MW);
• HPP cascade on the lower section of the Teresva River in the Transcarpathian region (24 MW);
• HPP cascade on the border section of the Tysa River with Romania;
• Transcarpathian PSPS (1200 MW);
• channel HPPs on the Shopurka River in the Transcarpathian region (0.5 MW);
• Zaporizhzhia PSPS based on a granite quarry;
• PSPP in the quarries of the Poltava Mining and Processing Plant.

In 2025, Ukrhydroenergo plans to begin construction of the first hydroelectric power plant in Cherkasy Oblast with protection based on the example of South Korea. Kaniv PSPS will have a capacity of 1,000 MW and cost $1.5–2 billion.

See also

• Ukrhydroproject