Middle Dnieper Hydroelectric Station

The Middle Dnieper Hydroelectric Station (Ukrainian: Середньодніпровська ГЕС, romanized: Seredniodniprovska HES) is a run-of-river power plant on the Dnieper River in Kamianske, Ukraine, operated by Ukrhydroenergo.^[1]

Middle Dnieper Hydroelectric Power Plant
View of power station and dam
Location of Middle Dnieper Hydroelectric Power Plant in Ukraine
Official name	Середньодніпровська ГЕС
Location	Kamianske, Dnipropetrovsk oblast
Coordinates	48°32′52.80″N 34°32′28.67″E
Purpose	Power, navigation
Status	Operational
Construction began	1956
Opening date	1963; 62 years ago (1963)
Owner(s)	Ukrhydroenergo
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	Kamianske Reservoir
Total capacity	2,450,000,000 m3 (1,986,247 acre⋅ft)
Surface area	567 km2 (219 sq mi)
Power Station
Operator(s)	Ukrhydroenergo
Commission date	1963-1964
Turbines	8 x 44 MW propeller
Installed capacity	352 MW
Annual generation	1.4 TWh

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] Until 2016, the plant was named Dniprodzerzhynska HES, after the Soviet name of the town of Kamianske.^[3][4]

See also

• Hydroelectricity in Ukraine