Čapljina Hydroelectric Power Station

Čapljina Pumped-Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant
Čapljina Pumped-Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant
	Svitavsko Lake, lower basin
	Location of Čapljina Pumped-Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Location	Čapljina
Coordinates	42°56′05″N 17°49′52″E / 42.934681°N 17.831044°E
Purpose	Electricity generation via hydroelectric energy storage
Status	Operational
Opening date	1979
Owner(s)	Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Compensation & storage basins
Reservoir
Creates	Lake Vrutak upper basin; Svitavsko Lake lower basin
Normal elevation	270 m (890 ft)
Čapljina Pumped-Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant
Coordinates	42°56′05″N 17°49′52″E / 42.934681°N 17.831044°E
Operator(s)	JP "Elektroprivreda HZHB"
Commission date	1979
Type	Pumped-Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant
Turbines	Francis
Installed capacity	420 MW

The Čapljina Pumped-Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant is a pumped-storage hydroelectric power plant (PSHPP) or pumped hydroelectric energy storage power plant (PHESPP) type of hydroelectric power plant, whose powerhouse (generation hall, generating station or generating plant) is situated underground near Svitava, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It's one of country's largest hydroelectric power plants of any type, having an installed electric capacity of 420 MW.

Lake Vrutak is artificial reservoir on the Trebišnjica river in Popovo Polje, near Hutovo village, and serves as compensation and storage basin for Čapljina Pump-Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant.^[1]^[2]

References[edit]

^ "HE BIH". www.elektroenergetika.info (in Bosnian). Retrieved 24 August 2018.
^ CHE "Čapljina" - brošura (2014) (pdf); Hidroenergetski sistem sliva Neretva-Trebišnjics: CHE "Čapljina" - JP "EP HZHB" (Bosanski/Hrvatski/Srpski)