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Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has instructed the Ukrainian government to develop a clear-cut plan to support hydropower generation in Ukraine in the next ten years as part of the strategic planning of the sector's development, according to the government's press service.
"It is necessary to accelerate rather than decelerate the development of hydropower generation," Groysman said while visiting the Dniester pumped storage power station in Chernivtsi region.
During the visit, he attended the official ceremony of the launch of three hydroelectric units that were connected to the country's integrated power grids.
Groysman also visited a turbine room at the station, examined progress in building the fourth hydroelectric unit and talked with the personnel of the power station. "Ukraine's energy independence is in your hands," he told them.
As UNIAN reported earlier, the Ukrainian prime minister was on a working visit to Chernivtsi region on June 10.
Read alsoUkraine boosts power exports by 25% in 5 monthsAccording to the Ukrainian Energy Ministry, the country operates nine hydropower plants (HPPs) on the Dniester and Dnipro rivers: Kyiv HPP, Kaniv HPP, Kremenchuk HPP, Dniprodzerzhynsk HPP, Dnipro HPP, Kakhovka HPP, Kyiv pumped storage power station, Dniester HPP and Dniester pumped storage power station. The country's hydropower plants are run by state-owned company Ukrhydroenergo. The total installed capacity of the nine HPPs is 5.008 GW.