List of power stations in Ukraine

The following page lists power stations in Ukraine.

Nuclear

In service

Name Location Coordinates Type Capacity (MWe) Commissioned Notes Refs
Khmelnytskyi Netishyn 50°18′09″N 26°38′52″E / 50.302512°N 26.647875°E / 50.302512; 26.647875 (Khmelnytskyi CPP) VVER 2000 1987, 2004 [1][2]
Rivne Varash 51°19′37″N 25°53′26″E / 51.326857°N 25.890634°E / 51.326857; 25.890634 (Rivne Nuclear Power Plant) VVER 2819 1980-2004 [1][3]
South Ukraine Pivdennoukrainsk 47°48′43″N 31°13′03″E / 47.812031°N 31.217372°E / 47.812031; 31.217372 (South Ukraine CPP) VVER 3000 1982, 1985, 1989 [1][4]
Zaporizhzhia Enerhodar 47°30′31″N 34°35′04″E / 47.508519°N 34.584392°E / 47.508519; 34.584392 (Zaporizhzhia CPP, Unit 1) VVER 6000 1984-1995 The largest nuclear power plant in Europe. Under Russian occupation. Currently deactived. [1][5]

Historic

Name Location Coordinates Type Capacity, MWe Operational Notes Refs
Chernobyl Unit 1 Pripyat 51°23′22″N 30°06′25″E / 51.389445°N 30.10682°E / 51.389445; 30.10682 (Chernobyl CPP, Unit 1) RBMK 1000 1977–1996 [1]
Chernobyl Unit 2 51°23′22″N 30°06′16″E / 51.389445°N 30.104406°E / 51.389445; 30.104406 (Chernobyl CPP, Unit 2) RBMK 1000 1978–1991 [1]
Chernobyl Unit 3 51°23′23″N 30°06′02″E / 51.389586°N 30.100436°E / 51.389586; 30.100436 (Chernobyl CPP, Unit 3) RBMK 1000 1981–2000 [1]
Chernobyl Unit 4 51°23′23″N 30°05′56″E / 51.389606°N 30.09902°E / 51.389606; 30.09902 (Chernobyl CPP, Unit 4) RBMK 1000 1983–1986 Exploded in the Chernobyl accident [1][6]
Chernobyl Unit 5 RBMK 1000 Never ~75% complete. Work stopped ~1989. [1]
Chernobyl Unit 6 RBMK 1000 Never Building foundation & floor laid. Work stopped ~1989. [1]
Crimea Shcholkine 45°23′31″N 35°48′13″E / 45.391937°N 35.803727°E / 45.391937; 35.803727 (Crimea CPP, Unit 1) VVER 1000 Never Remains unfinished.
Commenced 1975.
Unit 1 80% complete and Unit 2 18% finished in 1989.
[1]
Chyhyryn Chyhyryn 49°05′05″N 32°47′07″E / 49.08472°N 32.78528°E / 49.08472; 32.78528 (Chyhyryn CPP, Unit 1) VVER 1000 Never Never finished since 1977 and stopped in 1989
Odesa Teplodar 46°27′38″N 30°18′58″E / 46.46056°N 30.31611°E / 46.46056; 30.31611 (Teplodar CPP, Unit 1) VVER 1000 Never Never finished since 1980 and stopped in 1986 [7]
Kharkiv Birky 49°41′17.7″N 36°04′06.4″E / 49.688250°N 36.068444°E / 49.688250; 36.068444 (Kharkiv CPP, Unit 1) VVER 1000 Never Never finished since 1986 and stopped in 1990

Hydroelectric

Name Location Coordinates Power (MW) Year built[a] Date of destruction Refs
Dnieper Hydroelectric Station Zaporizhzhia 47°52′10″N 35°05′10″E / 47.869444°N 35.086111°E / 47.869444; 35.086111 (Dnieper Hydroelectric Station) 1,578.6 1927–1932, finished in 1939 (destroyed in 1941 by the retreating Soviet Armed Forces to prevent its capture by Nazi Germany) Rebuilt 1944—1950
Expanded 1969—1972, finished in 1980
22 March 2024, according to the Governor of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, "The energy component is not working and will not be able to work"[8][9]

[10][11]

Dniester Hydroelectric Power Plant Novodnistrovsk 48°35′38″N 27°27′10″E / 48.59391°N 27.452903°E / 48.59391; 27.452903 702 1973—1981 Was attacked in 2024, but continued to operate[12][13] [14]
Dniester Pumped Storage Power Station 48°30′52″N 27°28′28″E / 48.514387°N 27.47436°E / 48.514387; 27.47436 1,296 1983–2009 [15][16]
Kyiv Hydroelectric Power Plant Vyshhorod 50°35′18″N 30°30′42″E / 50.588305°N 30.51178°E / 50.588305; 30.51178 (Kyiv Hydroelectric Station) 440 1960–1964 Was attacked in 2024, but continued to operate.[17] [18][19]
Kyiv Pumped Storage Power Plant 50°36′30″N 30°29′07″E / 50.608333°N 30.485333°E / 50.608333; 30.485333 (Kyiv Hydro-Accumulating Power Station) 235.5 1963–1970 [20][21]
Kaniv Hydroelectric Station Kaniv 49°46′00″N 31°28′18″E / 49.766528°N 31.471722°E / 49.766528; 31.471722 (Kaniv Hydroelectric Station) 444 1964–1972 Was attacked in 2024, but continued to operate.[22][23] [24]
Kaniv Pumped Storage Power Station Buchak, Kaniv [uk] 49°51′07″N 31°27′02″E / 49.85194°N 31.45056°E / 49.85194; 31.45056 (Kaniv Pumped Storage Power Station) 1,000 1986–1991; 2019–
(allegedly under construction, no progress as of 2024)
[25]
Kremenchuk Hydroelectric Station Svitlovodsk 49°04′30″N 33°15′04″E / 49.075°N 33.251°E / 49.075; 33.251 (Kremenchuk Hydroelectric Station) 700 1954–1959 [26][27]
Kakhovka Hydroelectric Station Nova Kakhovka 46°46′34″N 33°22′18″E / 46.776111°N 33.371667°E / 46.776111; 33.371667 (Kakhovka Hydroelectric Station) 335 1950-1956 6 June 2023 [28]
Middle Dnieper Hydroelectric Power Plant Kamianske 48°32′55″N 34°32′28″E / 48.548504°N 34.541016°E / 48.548504; 34.541016 (Dniprodzerzhynsk Hydroelectric Station) 388 1956–1963 [29][30][31]
Tashlyk Pumped-Storage Power Plant Pivdennoukrainsk 47°47′49″N 31°10′50″E / 47.7968399°N 31.1806154°E / 47.7968399; 31.1806154 (Tashlyk Hydro-Accumulating Power Station) 302 1981-2007 [32][33][34]
Name Location Coordinates Capacity, MWe Units Fuel Adm. company Date of destruction
Burshtyn thermal power plant[35] Burshtyn 49°12′34″N 24°39′46″E / 49.209579°N 24.662762°E / 49.209579; 24.662762 (Burshtyn thermal power plant) 2,334 12x200 coal Zakhidenergo March 29, 2024
Dobrotvir thermal power plant [uk][35] Dobrotvir 50°12′48″N 24°22′30″E / 50.213273°N 24.374971°E / 50.213273; 24.374971 (Dobrotvir thermal power plant) 600 3x100+2x150 coal Zakhidenergo
Kryvyi Rih thermal power plant [uk][35] Zelenodolsk 47°32′21″N 33°39′43″E / 47.539222°N 33.661852°E / 47.539222; 33.661852 (Kryvyi Rih thermal power plant) 2,820 10x282 coal Dniproenergo
Kurakhove thermal power plant Kurakhove 47°59′40″N 37°14′25″E / 47.994402°N 37.240219°E / 47.994402; 37.240219 (Kurakhove thermal power plant) 1,482 7x200 coal DTEK Skhidenergo October 17, 2022.

Dismantled in 2024 for spares.
Under control of Russia since early January 2025.[36]

Ladyzhyn thermal power plant [uk][35] Ladyzhyn 48°42′24″N 29°13′13″E / 48.706709°N 29.2202°E / 48.706709; 29.2202 (Ladyzhyn thermal power plant) 1,800 6x300 coal Zakhidenergo March 22, 2024
Lokachi thermal power plant [uk] Lokachi 50°44′31″N 24°44′31″E / 50.74194°N 24.74194°E / 50.74194; 24.74194 (Lokachi thermal power plant) 10 2x5 natural gas Naftogaz Ukrainy
Luhansk thermal power plant Shchastia 48°44′52″N 39°15′45″E / 48.747814°N 39.262389°E / 48.747814; 39.262389 (Luhansk thermal power plant) 1,500 1x100+7x200 coal DTEK Skhidenergo Under Russian occupation
Myronivsky power plant Myronivskyi 48°28′51″N 38°17′23″E / 48.480816°N 38.289821°E / 48.480816; 38.289821 (Mironivsky thermal power plant) 100 0 coal DTEK Donetskoblenergo Under Russian occupation
Dnieper thermal power plant [uk][35] Dnipro 48°24′19″N 35°06′50″E / 48.405278°N 35.113889°E / 48.405278; 35.113889 (Prydniprovska thermal power plant) 1,765 4x150+4x300 coal Dniproenergo
Sievierodonetsk Power Station [uk] Sievierodonetsk 48°56′15″N 38°27′10″E / 48.9375°N 38.452778°E / 48.9375; 38.452778 (Sievierodonetsk Power Station) 150 1 coal Ministry of Energy and Coal of Ukraine Under Russian occupation
Shteriv thermal power plant [uk] Miusynsk 48°05′27″N 38°52′49″E / 48.090751°N 38.880336°E / 48.090751; 38.880336 (Shteriv thermal power plant) dismantled 0 coal N/A
Sloviansk Thermal Power Plant[35] Mykolaivka 48°52′19″N 37°45′56″E / 48.872054°N 37.765675°E / 48.872054; 37.765675 (Slovianska thermal power plant) 800 1x800 coal Donbasenergo
Starobeshivska thermal power plant [uk][35] Novyi Svit 47°48′02″N 38°00′20″E / 47.800688°N 38.005657°E / 47.800688; 38.005657 (Starobeshivska thermal power plant) 1,785 9x175 + 1x210 coal Donbasenergo Under Russian occupation
Trypilska thermal power plant[35] Ukrainka, Kyiv Oblast 50°08′04″N 30°44′49″E / 50.134417°N 30.746806°E / 50.134417; 30.746806 (Trypilska thermal power plant) 1,800 6x300 coal, natural gas Centrenergo April 11, 2024
Vuhlehirska thermal power plant[35] Svitlodarske, Donetsk Oblast 48°27′55″N 38°12′18″E / 48.465278°N 38.205°E / 48.465278; 38.205 (Vuhlehirska thermal power plant) 3,600 4x300+3x800 coal, natural gas Centrenergo Under Russian occupation
Zaporizhzhia thermal power station Enerhodar 47°30′34″N 34°37′28″E / 47.509491°N 34.624443°E / 47.509491; 34.624443 (Zaporizhzhia thermal power station) 2,850 2x300+2x325+2x800 coal, natural gas Dniproenergo Under Russian occupation
Zmiivska thermal power plant[35] Slobozhanske 49°35′15″N 36°31′50″E / 49.5874°N 36.530657°E / 49.5874; 36.530657 (Zmiivska thermal power plant) 2,200 5x200+4x300 coal Centrenergo March 22, 2024
Zuivska power station Zuhres 48°01′59″N 38°17′10″E / 48.033101°N 38.286152°E / 48.033101; 38.286152 (Zuyivka thermal power plant) 1,220 3x300 + 1x320 coal, natural gas DTEK Skhidenergo Under Russian occupation

Solar

Name Location Coordinates MW
Okhotnykovo Solar Park (Crimea) Okhotnykove 45°17′13″N 33°35′52″E / 45.28694°N 33.59778°E / 45.28694; 33.59778 82.65
Perovo Solar Park (Crimea) Kliuchi [uk] 44°57′28″N 33°55′37″E / 44.95778°N 33.92694°E / 44.95778; 33.92694 100
Starokozache Solar Park (Odesa Oblast) Starokozache [uk] 46°20′42″N 30°00′10″E / 46.34500°N 30.00278°E / 46.34500; 30.00278 42.95
Nikopol Solar Park [uk] Starozavodske [uk] 47°39′59″N 34°16′30″E / 47.66639°N 34.27500°E / 47.66639; 34.27500 246
Danube/Dunayskaya Solar Park [uk] Artsyz 45°59′00″N 29°27′50″E / 45.98333°N 29.46389°E / 45.98333; 29.46389 43.14
Mityaevo Solar Park [uk] (Crimea) Mytiaieve [uk] 45°14′14″N 33°40′28″E / 45.23722°N 33.67444°E / 45.23722; 33.67444 31.55
Limanskaya Solar Park [uk] Reni 45°28′08″N 28°14′52″E / 45.46889°N 28.24778°E / 45.46889; 28.24778 43.4
Tryfonivka Solar Park [uk] Tryfonivka 46°41′31″N 32°37′28″E / 46.69194°N 32.62444°E / 46.69194; 32.62444 10
Solar Chornobyl [uk] Pripyat 51°23′32″N 30°05′58″E / 51.39222°N 30.09944°E / 51.39222; 30.09944 ? 100
Pokrovske Solar Park [uk] Pokrovske [uk] 47°39′31″N 34°08′58″E / 47.65861°N 34.14944°E / 47.65861; 34.14944 240
Kamianets-Podilskyi Solar Park [uk] Kamianets-Podilskyi 48°38′00″N 26°37′50″E / 48.63333°N 26.63056°E / 48.63333; 26.63056 63

Wind

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The year construction started and the year the first energy unit was completed.

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