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Kremenchuk Hydroelectric Power Plant

Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine

The 1260th largest power station in the world

625 MW · Capacity

The Kremenchuk Hydroelectric Power Plant (Kremechutska HES) is a run-of-river power plant on the Dnieper River just upstream of Kremenchuk in Svitlovodsk, 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). It is operated by Ukrhydroenergo.

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