Peshtera Hydroelectric Power Station

Hydro power plant in Peshtera, Bulgaria

Peshtera Hydro Power Plant

Country| Bulgaria
Location| Peshtera
Coordinates| 42°1′0″N 24°15′21″E﻿ / ﻿42.01667°N 24.25583°E﻿ / 42.01667; 24.25583
Status| Operational
Commission date|

* 1959

Owner| NEK EAD
Operator|

* NEK EAD

Thermal power station
Primary fuel| Hydropower
Power generation
Units operational| 5
Nameplate capacity| 136 MW

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The Peshtera Hydro Power Plant (before 1992: Kimon Georgiev Hydro Power Plant) is an active underground hydroelectric plant in Peshtera, Bulgaria. It is part of the Batak Hydropower Cascade. It has 5 individual Pelton turbines[1] which can deliver up to 136 MW of power.

## References

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1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2009-07-12.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) NEK brochure "Hydro Power Cascades and Dams" page 21

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Power plants in Bulgaria with more than 100 MW installed capacity

Nuclear power plants|

* Kozloduy \- 3,760 MW
* Belene \- 2,000 MW

Thermal power plants|

* Maritsa Iztok 2 \- 1,470 MW
* Varna \- 1,260 MW
* Maritsa Iztok 3 \- 900 MW
* Bobov Dol \- 630 MW
* Ruse Iztok \- 600 MW
* Maritsa Iztok 1 \- 500 MW
* Maritsa 3 \- 240 MW
* Republika \- 180 MW
* Sofia \- 130 MW
* Sofia Iztok \- 100 MW

Hydro power plants|

* Belmeken–Sestrimo–Chaira Cascade \- 1,575 MW (Chaira \- 840 MW, Belmeken \- 375 MW, Sestrimo \- 240 MW, Momina Klisura \- 120 MW)
* Dospat–Vacha Cascade \- 500 MW (Orphey \- 165 MW, Devin \- 88 MW, Tsankov Kamak \- 86 MW, Krichim \- 80 MW, Teshel \- 60 MW)
* Batak Cascade \- 254 MW (Peshtera \- 136 MW, Aleko \- 71 MW, Batak \- 47 MW)
* Kardzhali \- 170 MW
* Gorna Arda \- 160 MW
* Ivailovgrad \- 110 MW

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Batak Hydropower Cascade

Power plants|

* Peshtera HPP (136 MW)
* Aleko HPP (71.4 MW)
* Batak HPP (46.8 MW)

Major reservoirs|

* Batak
* Golyam Beglik
* Shiroka Polyana

Drainage basins|

* Chepinska reka
* Dospat
* Stara reka
* Vacha

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