HYDROPOWER REHAB & SYST CNTRL

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The objectives of the Hydropower Rehabilitation and System Control Project are to: a) improve the efficiency, reliability, safety and environmental performance of hydropower plants; b) increase hydropower generation capacity; c) improve the quality of electricity supply by upgrading load and frequency control; and d) reduce fuel costs by facilitating the economic dispatch of generating units. The project includes the following components: 1) implementation of the complete rehabilitation program for the Dnieper I and II hydropower plants and the Kiev pump storage plant (PSP); near-complete implementation of the rehabilitation program for the Kakhovka hydropower station (HPS); and partial implementation of the rehabilitation program for the Kiev, Kanev, Kremenchug and Dniprodzerzhinsk hydropower plants; 2) installation of dam safety monitoring systems at the main water reservoirs on the Dnieper river; 3) upgrade of communications, dispatch, system control and protection, and generating unit control; and 4) technical assistance for project implementation, and optimization of the use of the reservoirs on the Dnieper river.