Velebit Pumped Storage Power Plant

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Country Croatia Status Operational Opened 1984 Owner Hrvatska elektroprivreda		Location Obrovac, Zadar County Commission date 1984 Phone +385 23 689 025 Construction began 1978

Official name Reverzibilna hidroelektrana Velebit Operator(s) Hrvatska elektroprivreda Address D27, 23450, Muškovci, Croatia Similar Zakučac Hydroelectric Power Pl, Hidroelektrana Peruća, Čakovec Hydroelectric Power Pl, Dubrava Hydroelectric Power Pl, Plomin Power Station

Velebit Pumped Storage Power Plant (Croatian: Reverzibilna hidroelektrana Velebit) is a pumped-storage power plant in Croatia that has two turbines with a nominal capacity of 138 megawatts (185,000 hp) each, having a total capacity of 276 megawatts (370,000 hp).

The plant was designed by Elektroprojekt, Projektni Biro and Geoexpert, and constructed by Industrogradnja, Konstruktor, Hidroelektra, Pomgrad and Geotehnika.

TurbinesEdit

type: single-stage turbine-pump

units: 2

turbine design head: 517 metres (1,696 ft)

design pumping head: 559 metres (1,834 ft)

turbine rating: 140 megawatts (190,000 hp)

installed discharge: - turbine (2x30 cubic metres per second (1,100 cu ft/s)), - pump (2x20 cubic metres per second (710 cu ft/s))

References

Velebit Pumped Storage Power Plant Wikipedia

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