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 / 42.19944; 23.85833Coordinates: 42°11′58″N 23°51′30″E / 42.19944°N 23.85833°E / 42.19944; 23.85833
Status	Active
Owner(s)	NEK EAD
Pumped-storage power station
Pumps	2
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Hydropower
Power generation
Units operational	5
Nameplate 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

Power plants in Bulgaria with more than 100 megawatts (130,000 hp) 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

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