Sestrimo Hydro Power Plant

Sestrimo Hydro Power Plant
Sestrimo Hydro Power Plant
Country	Bulgaria
Location
Coordinates	42°12′28″N 23°54′56″E / 42.20778°N 23.91556°ECoordinates: 42°12′28″N 23°54′56″E / 42.20778°N 23.91556°E
Status	Operational
Commission date	1973
Owner(s)	NEK EAD
Operator(s)	NEK EAD;
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Hydropower
Power generation
Units operational	3
Nameplate capacity	240 MW
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The Sestrimo Hydro Power Plant is an active hydro power project in the eastern Rila mountains near village, Bulgaria. Water is supplied by the Belmeken Dam to three turbines^[1] with a nominal output of around 80 MW which will deliver up to 240 MW of power.^[2] It is part of the . The same reservoir is used for pumped storage with the Chaira Hydro Power Plant.

References[]

^ Sestrimo 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] Sestrimo 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 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