Kremenchug is a 700 MW hydro power station in Kirovohrad, Ukraine. It is operated by Dnipro-SHEM PJSC. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 701k homes (estimated). It ranks #28 of 98 Ukraine power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1959, it is around 67 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 WRI1005121.
Data status
Known data
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Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Capacity provenance
The public capacity above is the current source-record value. A 2026 tracker candidate lists 700 MW for Kremenchuk hydroelectric plant, but it is not used as the public primary value until scope is verified (unit vs operating vs installed/project total).
Data provenance
Source of the capacity and fuel values:
capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000603690; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
At 700 MW, Kremenchug is well above the median hydro plant in Ukraine (493 MW). Technically it is described as conventional storage. 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.
Key facts
- Share of Ukraine hydro capacity
- 12.1% of 5,778 MW across 10 plants in this dataset
- Age among peers
- 2 of 8 dated hydro plants in Ukraine are older
Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).
Capacity vs largest hydro plants in Ukraine
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 warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 49.1°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Monthly mean temperature
Heating degree-days here run 52% 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: 81/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.
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.
Site climate & environmental severity
This site sits in a mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), with thermal cycling the leading environmental stress.
Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.
How it compares & nearby plants
The #3 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
- Kremenchuk CHP power station · Gas · 255 MW · Poltava
- Chyhyryn nuclear power plant · Nuclear · 4,000 MW · Cherkasy
- Cherkasy power station · Coal · 180 MW · Cherkasy
- Nikopol · Solar · 10.7 MW · Dnipropetrovsk
- Ukrnafta Project II power station · Gas · 244.5 MW · Dnipropetrovsk region
- Kryvorizka power station · Coal · 1,764 MW · Dnipropetrovsk
Location
Coordinates 49.0748, 33.2531 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Kremenchug?
Kremenchug is a 700 MW hydro power plant in Kirovohrad, Ukraine, commissioned in 1959.
Who operates Kremenchug?
Kremenchug is operated by Dnipro-SHEM PJSC.