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Kremenchuk Hydroelectric Power Plant

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Official name  Kremenchug HPP
Purpose  Power, navigation
Phone  +380 5236 24474
Owner  Energy Company of Ukraine
Location  Kremenchuk, Ukraine
Status  Operational
Create  Kremenchuk Reservoir
Construction began  1954
Kremenchuk Hydroelectric Power Plant

Opening date  1959; 58 years ago (1959)
Type of dam  Earth-fill embankment with gravity sections
Address  Observatornaya ulitsa, 1А, Svitlovods'k, Kirovohrads'ka oblast, Ukraine, 27500
Similar  Kiev Hydroelectric Power Pl, Dniester Pumped Storage P, Dniester Hydroelectric Station, Dnieper Hydroelectric Station, Kiev Pumped Storage P

The Kremenchuk Hydroelectric Power Plant is a run-of-river power plant on the Dnieper River just upstream of Kremenchuk in 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. It is operated by Ukrhydroenerho.

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Kremenchuk Hydroelectric Power Plant Wikipedia