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	NEK EAD
Operator	NEK EAD;
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Hydropower
Power generation
Units operational	5
Nameplate capacity	136 MW

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

^ "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

[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 ( - 136 MW, Aleko - 71 MW, Batak - 47 MW) Kardzhali - 170 MW Gorna Arda - 160 MW Ivailovgrad - 110 MW

Batak Hydropower Cascade
Power plants	(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