Kakhovka Dam
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Kakhovka Dam | |
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Official name | Kakhovska HPS |
Location | Nova Kakhovka, Ukraine |
Coordinates | 46°46′34.12″N 33°22′17.44″E / 46.7761444°N 33.3715111°E |
Purpose | Power, irrigation, navigation |
Status | Operational |
Construction began | September 1950 |
Opening date | 1956 |
Owner(s) | Energy Company of Ukraine |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Earth-fill embankment with gravity sections |
Impounds | Dnieper River |
Height | 30 m (98 ft) |
Length | 3,273 m (10,738 ft) |
Reservoir | |
Creates | Kakhovka Reservoir |
Total capacity | 18,180×10 6 m3 (14,738,766 acre⋅ft) |
Surface area | 2,155 km2 (832 sq mi) |
Power Station | |
Operator(s) | Ukrhydroenergo |
Commission date | 1955–1956 |
Turbines | 3 x 58.5, 3 x 60.5 MW propeller |
Installed capacity | 357 MW |
Annual generation | 1.4 TWh |
The Kakhovka Hydroelectric Station is a run-of-river power plant on the Dnieper River in Nova Kakhovka, Ukraine. Nova Kakhovka is a port city located on the reservoir's southern bank. The primary purposes of the dam are hydroelectric power generation, irrigation and navigation. It is the 6th and the last dam in the Dnieper cascade. The deep water channel allows shipping up and down river.[1] The facility also includes a winter garden.
The P47 road and a railway cross the Dnieper River on the dam.[2]
The Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant had 241 staff in October 2015. The director is Yaroslav Kobelya from September 2012. As of 2019, the dam was profitable bringing 6.1 million UAH to local government budgets and 44.6 million UAH to the national income.[1]
On 24 February 2022, the power plant was captured by Russian forces during the 2022 Invasion of Ukraine.[3] During weeks of artillery attacks by Ukraine in August and September, Ukrainian and Russian officials reported that the facility's ability to transport vehicles had been degraded,[4][5] but the dam itself retained structural integrity.[6]
Dam
The dam has an associated lock and a power station with an installed capacity of 357 MW. Water from Kakhovka Reservoir is cooling the 5.7 GW Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, and also sent via the North Crimean Canal and Dnieper–Kryvyi Rih Canal to irrigate large areas of southern Ukraine and northern Crimea. Construction on the dam began in September 1950. The last generator was commissioned in October 1956.[7] It is operated by Ukrhydroenergo.[8][9]
Starting in 2019 significant repairs and expansion were made to the facility.[10][1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Каховська ГЕС – стійкий розвиток та підтримка регіону" [Kakhovskaya HPP – sustainable development and support of the region]. uhe.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ Ponomarenko, Illia (19 July 2022). "What would a Ukrainian counter-offensive in Kherson look like?". The Kyiv Independent. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ "Soldiers Raise the Russian Flag Over Ukraine Power Plant". GreekReporter.com. 24 February 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
- ^ "Ukraine strikes crucial bridge in Nova Kakhovka". Meduza.
- ^ "Ukrainian forces keep shelling Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant — official". TASS.
- ^ "Missile attack on Kyiv hydroelectric power plant to not cause catastrophic consequences – Ukrhydroenergo". Interfax-Ukraine. 19 September 2022.
- ^ "Hydroelectric Power Plants in Ukraine". IndustCards. Archived from the original on 22 May 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
- ^ "Kakhovska HPS" (in Russian). UGE. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
- ^ "Kahovska (Kakhovka) Hydroelectric Power Plant Ukraine". Global Energy Observatory. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
- ^ Timchenko, V. M.; Korzhov, Ye I.; Guliayeva, O. A.; Batog, S. V. (2015). "Dynamics of Environmentally Significant Elements of Hydrological Regime of the Lower Dnieper Section". Hydrobiological Journal. 51 (6): 75–83. doi:10.1615/HydrobJ.v51.i6.90. ISSN 0018-8166.
Further reading
- Kosilin, Yu. M. (1 February 1975). "Seminars on Advanced Experience with Hydroelectric Plant Operation". Hydrotechnical Construction. 9 (2): 170–173. doi:10.1007/BF02378458. ISSN 1570-1468. S2CID 110781794.
- Éidel'man, S. Ya. (1 December 1982). "On-site observations of the concrete structures of the Kakhovka hydroelectric station". Hydrotechnical Construction. 16 (12): 657–663. doi:10.1007/BF01425151. ISSN 1570-1468. S2CID 111117866.