Belmeken Hydro Power Plant

Belmeken Hydro Power Plant
Belmeken Hydro Power Plant
Location	Belmeken
Coordinates	42°11′58″N 23°51′30″E / 42.19944°N 23.85833°E
Status	Operational
Owner(s)	NEK EAD
Power Station
Pumps	2
Installed capacity	375 MW (503,000 hp)

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 megawatts (101,000 hp) which can deliver up to 375 megawatts (503,000 hp) 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[edit]

^ Belmeken Hydro Power Plant
^ Chaira Pumped Storage Hydro Power Plant and Belmeken-Sestrimo Hydro Power Cascade Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] Belmeken Hydro Power Plant

[2] Chaira Pumped Storage Hydro Power Plant and Belmeken-Sestrimo Hydro Power Cascade Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine

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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