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Middle Dnieper Hydroelectric Station

The 928th tallest dam in the world

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The Middle Dnieper Hydroelectric Station (Seredniodniprovska HES) is a run-of-river power plant on the Dnieper River in Kamianske, Ukraine, operated by Ukrhydroenergo. 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. Until 2016, the plant was named Dniprodzerzhynska HES, after the Soviet name of the town of Kamianske.

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