Kyiv Hydroelectric Power Plant

Kyiv Hydroelectric Station is a run-of-river power plant on the Dnieper River in Vyshhorod, Ukraine. The 288 m (945 ft) long dam creates the Kyiv Reservoir with the purpose of hydroelectric power generation and navigability with the dam's associated lock. The first of 20 generators in the power station was commissioned in 1964, the last in 1968. Together with the Kyiv Pumped Storage Power Station, it creates a hydroelectricity generating complex. It is operated by the Ukrhydroeneho that is part of the state company Energy Company of Ukraine. Turbines for the plant were produced by the Kharkiv Factory "Turboatom", generators - Kharkiv Factory "Elektrovazhmash".[1][2]

Kyiv Power generating complex near Vyshhorod

Kyiv Hydroelectric Station
View on station from Vyshhorod
Location of Kyiv Hydroelectric Station in Ukraine
Location	Vyshhorod, Ukraine
Coordinates	50°35′18.02″N 30°30′44.36″E
Purpose	Power, navigation
Status	Operational
Opening date	1964 (1964)
Owner(s)	Energy Company of Ukraine
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Earth-fill embankment with gravity sections
Impounds	Dnieper River
Length	288 m (945 ft)
Spillway capacity	12,500 m3/s (441,433 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
Creates	Kyiv Reservoir
Total capacity	3,780×10^6 m3 (3,064,496 acre⋅ft)
Surface area	922 km2 (356 sq mi)
Power Station
Operator(s)	Ukrhydroenerho
Commission date	1964-1968
Hydraulic head	12 m (39 ft)
Turbines	20; 4 x 22.7 MW, 16 x 20.5 MW bulb turbine[1]
Installed capacity	418.8 MW
Annual generation	683 GWh