Enerhodar Dnipro Powerline Crossing consists of two
overhead power lines that cross the
Kakhovka Reservoir on the
Dnipro river
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The Dnieper () or Dnipro (); , ; . is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. It is the longest river of Ukraine and B ...
. They cross from
Enerhodar and its two power stations on the south side to near
Marhanets
Marhanets ( uk, Марганець, ; russian: Марганец, ; ) is a city in Nikopol Raion of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast that was established in 1938 in southern Ukraine. It was established in place of the village of Horodyshche, which contained ...
on the north side.
History
The first power line was built in 1977 and runs from
Zaporizhzhia Thermal Power Plant. It consists of five 100-metre and two 90-metre high
pylons, which stand on
caissons in the water. The caissons with the pylons were prefabricated and then erected in the reservoir.
In 1984 a 750 kV line with a single circuit for transmission of electricity produced in the
Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant was built. It consists of three 126-metre and two 100-metre high pylons, which also stand on caissons in the reservoir.
External links
Novoklimov blog, information in RussianEnergobud.com, information in Russian*
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Powerline river crossings
Energy in the Soviet Union
Electric power infrastructure in Ukraine
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