Middle Dnieper Hydroelectric Station

Middle Dnieper Hydroelectric Power Plant
View of power station and dam
Location of Middle Dnieper Hydroelectric Power Plant in Ukraine
Official nameСередньодніпровська ГЕС
LocationKamianske, Dnipropetrovsk oblast
Coordinates48°32′52.80″N 34°32′28.67″E / 48.5480000°N 34.5412972°E / 48.5480000; 34.5412972
PurposePower, navigation
StatusOperational
Construction began1956
Opening date1963 (1963)
Owner(s)Ukrhydroenergo
Dam and spillways
Type of damEarth-fill embankment with gravity sections
ImpoundsDnieper River
Height15.5 m (51 ft)
Length7,490 m (24,570 ft)
Reservoir
CreatesKamianske Reservoir
Total capacity2,450,000,000 m3 (1,986,247 acre⋅ft)
Surface area567 km2 (219 sq mi)
Power Station
Operator(s)Ukrhydroenergo
Commission date1963-1964
Turbines8 x 44 MW propeller
Installed capacity352 MW
Annual generation1.4 TWh

The Middle Dnieper Hydroelectric Station (Ukrainian: Середньодніпровська ГЕС, romanized: 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.