Official name Kremenchug HPP Purpose Power, navigation Phone +380 5236 24474 | Status Operational Construction began 1954 | |
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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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