Kakhovka — Ukraine

Kakhovka is a 351 MW hydro power station in Kherson, Ukraine. It ranks #41 of 98 Ukraine power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1955, it is around 71 years old — an older, legacy facility. 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).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1005118.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: Wikidata P2109; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 351 MW, Kakhovka is below the median hydro plant in Ukraine (493 MW). Technically it is described as conventional storage. Its current lifecycle status is “Mothballed” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Hydropower converts the energy of falling or flowing water into electricity; output depends on rainfall and reservoir level, and large dams also provide grid balancing and storage.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #8 largest hydro power plant of 10 in Ukraine by capacity.

Ukraine has 10 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 5,778 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Vysokopillya · Solar · 4 MW · Kherson
• Kryvorizka power station · Coal · 1,764 MW · Dnipropetrovsk
• Lazurne · Solar · 9.5 MW · Kherson
• Mykolaiv floating power station · Gas · 250 MW · Mykolaiv
• Mykolaiv power station · Gas · 80 MW · Mykolaiv Oblast
• Nikopol · Solar · 10.7 MW · Dnipropetrovsk

Location

Coordinates 46.7786, 33.3697 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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