Peshtera Hydroelectric Power Station

Peshtera Hydro Power Plant
Peshtera Hydro Power Plant
Country	Bulgaria
Location	Peshtera
Coordinates	42°1′0″N 24°15′21″E / 42.01667°N 24.25583°E
Status	Operational
Commission date	1959;
Owner(s)	NEK EAD
Operator(s)	NEK EAD;
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Hydropower
Power generation
Units operational	5
Nameplate capacity	128 MW
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The Peshtera Hydro Power Plant (before 1992: Kimon Georgiev Hydro Power Plant) is an active underground hydro power plant in Peshtera, Bulgaria, part of the Batak Hydropower Cascade. It has 5 individual Pelton turbines^[1] which will deliver up to 128 MW of power.

References

^ "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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[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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v t e 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