Kremenchuk Hydroelectric Power Plant

Kremenchuk Dam
File:Kr ges-2.jpg The dam's spillway
Location of Kremenchuk Dam in Ukraine
Official name	Kremenchug HPP
Location	Kremenchuk, Ukraine
Purpose	Power, navigation
Status	Operational
Construction began	1954
Opening date	1959 (1959)
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	13,520,000,000 m3 (10,960,842 acre⋅ft)
Active capacity	8,700,000,000 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)	Ukrhydroenerho
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 Station is a run-of-river power plant on the Dnieper River in Kakhovka, 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 MW. 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 byUkrhydroenerho.