Hydroelectricity in Ukraine
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Hydropower is part of renewable energy in Ukraine. Ukraine is trying to build more small hydroelectric plants as sources of electricity in Ukraine.{{Cite web |date=27 September 2024 |title=First online auction for the allocation of the renewable energy support quota announced in Prozorro.Sale |url=https://www.kmu.gov.ua/en/news/v-systemi-prozorroprodazhi-oholosheno-pershyi-onlain-auktsion-z-rozpodilu-kvoty-pidtrymky-vde |access-date=3 February 2025 |website=Government of Ukraine}} State operating company is Ukrhydroenergo.{{Cite web |last=carrieann |date=2024-11-15 |title=Ukrhydroenergo secures strategic partnerships with EIB, IBRD, and KfW to bolster Ukraine's energy stability |url=https://www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/ukrhydroenergo-secures-strategic-partnerships-with-eib-ibrd-and-kfw-to-bolster-ukraines-energy-stability/ |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=International Water Power |language=en-US}} About half of hydro capacity of power stations in Ukraine has been destroyed in the Russian invasion of Ukraine,{{Cite web |last=Sanderson |first=Cosmo |date=2024-01-17 |title=Ukraine to sue Russia over destruction of energy assets |url=https://www.rechargenews.com/energy-transition/ukraine-to-sue-russia-over-destruction-of-energy-assets/2-1-1584151 |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=rechargenews.com |language=en}} including the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant.{{Cite web |last=Bandhakavi |first=Swagath |date=2024-08-07 |title=How Ukrhydroenergo is rebuilding and developing Ukraine's hydropower infrastructure |url=https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/analysis/how-ukrhydroenergo-is-rebuilding-and-developing-ukraines-hydropower-infrastructure/ |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=NS Energy |language=en-US}} Defence against drones is important.{{Cite web |title=Ukraine decides to protect Kremenchuk hydroelectric power plant from drones for US$23 million |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/11/12/7484057/ |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=Ukrainska Pravda |language=en}}
General characteristics
File:Dnieper Hydroelectric Station in 2005.JPG in Zaporizhzhia Oblast ]]
The main cascades of hydroelectric power stations are the Dnipro cascade and the Dniester cascade.{{Cn|date=November 2024}} Ukrhydroenergo is seeking more financing for the Kaniv Pumped Storage Power Station.
Development plans
The draft action plan for the implementation of the Energy Strategy of Ukraine for the period until 2050, published on the website of the Ministry of Energy on December 11, 2024, plans to study the possibility of building new hydroelectric power plants (HPP) and pumped storage power stations (PSPS):[https://biz.liga.net/ua/all/tek/novosti/ukraina-rozghliane-mozhlyvist-budivnytstva-novykh-hidroelektrostantsiy-spysok Україна розгляне можливість будівництва нових гідроелектростанцій]
- Upper Dniester HPP cascade (79.2 MW);
- HPP cascade on the Ukrainian section of the Tysa River (220 MW);
- HPP cascade on the lower section of the Teresva River in the Transcarpathian region (24 MW);
- HPP cascade on the border section of the Tysa River with Romania;
- Transcarpathian PSPS (1200 MW);
- channel HPPs on the Shopurka River in the Transcarpathian region (0.5 MW);
- Zaporizhzhia PSPS based on a granite quarry;
- PSPP in the quarries of the Poltava Mining and Processing Plant.
In 2025, Ukrhydroenergo plans to begin construction of the first hydroelectric power plant in Cherkasy Oblast with protection based on the example of South Korea. Kaniv PSPS will have a capacity of 1,000 MW and cost $1.5–2 billion.