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Dniester

Hydro power plant in Chernivtsi, Ukraine. Approximate location 48.5136, 27.4733.

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Dniester is a 702 MW hydro power station in Chernivtsi, Ukraine. It is operated by Dnipro-SHEM PJSC. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 702,802 homes (estimated). It ranks #20 of 64 Ukraine power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, hydro supplies about 9.9% of Ukraine's electricity; the national grid averages 250 gCO₂/kWh (72.2% low-carbon) (2022).

702MW installed capacity
702,802homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1005115.

Capacity vs largest hydro plants in Ukraine

Dneipro HPP 2: 1,538 MW2kDneipro HP…Dniester: 702 MW702DniesterDniester (pumped storage): 648 MW648Dniester (…Kremenchug: 625 MW625KremenchugKaniv: 528 MW528KanivKiev: 440 MW440KievDniprodzerzhynsk: 357 MW357Dniprodzer…Kakhovka: 343 MW343Kakhovka

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Dnipro-SHEM PJSC. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This hydro plant converts the energy of falling or flowing water through hydro turbines. It sits in a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 48.5°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

8.2°Cannual mean temp
3,586heating degree-days (base 18°C)
40cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
199 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -4 °CJF: -2 °CFM: 2 °CMA: 9 °CAM: 15 °CMJ: 18 °CJJ: 19 °CJA: 18 °CAS: 14 °CSO: 8 °CON: 3 °CND: -1 °CD19 °C

Heating degree-days here run 46% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 78/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #2 largest hydro power plant of 10 in Ukraine by capacity.

Ukraine has 10 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 5,729 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 48.5136, 27.4733 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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