Belmeken Hydro Power Plant

Belmeken Hydro Power Plant
Location Belmeken
Coordinates
Status Active
Owner(s) NEK EAD
Power station information
Primary fuel Hydropower
Generation units 5
Power generation information
Maximum capacity 375 MW

The Belmeken Hydro Power Plant is an active pumped storage hydro power project in the eastern Rila mountains, Bulgaria. It receives its water from the Belmeken Reservoir and has 5 individual turbines[1] with a nominal output of around 75 MW which can deliver up to 375 MW of power, as well as 2 pumps with an installed capacity of 104 MW[2]. It is part of the Belmeken-Chaira-Sestrimo Hydropower Cascade.

References

  1. ^ Belmeken Hydro Power Plant
  2. ^ Chaira Pumped Storage Hydro Power Plant and Belmeken-Sestrimo Hydro Power Cascade
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:
Chaira - 840 MW · Dospat-Vacha - 670 MW · Belmeken - 375 MW · Sestrimo - 240MW · Batashki Vodnosilov Pat - 230 MW · Kardzhali - 170 MW · Gorna Arda - 160 MW · Orphey - 160 MW · Peshtera - 128MW · Momina Klisura - 120 MW · Sredna Vacha - 120 MW · Ivailovgrad - 110 MW