1.4 TWh (equivalent to a capacity factor of roughly 45%)
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The Kakhovka Dam was a dam on the Dnieper River (also known as Dnipro) in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine, completed in 1956 and destroyed in 2023, which provided water for the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Station (Ukrainian: Кахо́вська ГЕС імені П.С. Непорожнього, romanized: Kakhovs'ka HES imeni P.S. Neporozhn'oho). The primary purposes of the dam were hydroelectric power generation, irrigation, and navigation. It was the sixth and last dam in the Dnieper reservoir cascade.
The deep water channel created by the downstream flow allowed shipping up and down river.[1] The facility also included a winter garden. The R47 road and a railway crossed the Dnieper River on the dam.[2]
The Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant had a staff of 241 in October 2015. The director is Yaroslav Kobelya from September 2012. As of 2019, the dam was profitable bringing ₴6.1 million ($236,000) to local government budgets and ₴44.6 million ($1.73 million) to the national income.[1]
During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on the morning of 6June 2023, a significant portion of the dam was destroyed while it was under Russian control.[3][4][5][6]
^ ab"Каховська ГЕС – стійкий розвиток та підтримка регіону" [Kakhovskaya HPP – sustainable development and support of the region]. uhe.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 28 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
^Ponomarenko, Illia (19 July 2022). "What would a Ukrainian counter-offensive in Kherson look like?". The Kyiv Independent. Archived from the original on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
^"Internal Blast Probably Breached Ukraine Dam, Experts Say (Cautiously)". New York Times. 6 June 2023. Archived from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
^Ogirenko, Valentyn; Kelly, Lidia (6 June 2023). "Nova Kakhovka dam in Kherson region blown up by Russian forces – Ukraine's military". Reuters. Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
^Sullivan, Helen (6 June 2023). "Russia-Ukraine war live: dam near Kherson destroyed by Russian forces, says Ukraine, sparking evacuations". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
^Adams, Paul (9 June 2023). "Two new pieces of evidence about how dam was breached". BBC News. Archived from the original on 9 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
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