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°ECoordinates: 42°1′0″N 24°15′21″E / 42.01667°N 24.25583°E
Status	Operational
Commission date	1959;
Owner(s)	NEK EAD
Operator(s)	NEK EAD;
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Hydropower
Power generation
Units operational	5
Nameplate capacity	128 MW
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The Peshtera Hydro Power Plant (before 1992: Kimon Georgiev Hydro Power Plant) is an active underground hydro power plant in Peshtera, Bulgaria, part of the . It has 5 individual Pelton turbines^[1] which can deliver up to 128 MW of power.

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^ "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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[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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v t 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 - 670 MW Belmeken - 375 MW Sestrimo - 240MW - 230 MW Kardzhali - 170 MW Gorna Arda - 160 MW Orphey - 160 MW Peshtera - 128MW Momina Klisura - 120 MW - 120 MW Ivailovgrad - 110 MW