Velebit Pumped Storage Power Plant

Velebit Pumped Storage Power Plant
Power station's pipe passes over the D27 road.
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Official nameReverzibilna hidroelektrana Velebit
CountryCroatia
LocationObrovac, Zadar County
Coordinates44°12′29″N 15°45′13″E / 44.20806°N 15.75361°E / 44.20806; 15.75361
StatusOperational
Construction began1978[1]
Opening date1984[1]
Owner(s)Hrvatska elektroprivreda
Operator(s)Hrvatska elektroprivreda
Upper reservoir
CreatesŠtikada[2]
Lower reservoir
CreatesRazovac[2]
Power Station
Pump-generators2[2]
Installed capacity276 MW
Annual generation467.5 GWh

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).[2] As of 2015, it was one of three operational pumped-storage power plants in Croatia.[3]

The plant was designed by Elektroprojekt, Projektni Biro and Geoexpert, and constructed by Industrogradnja, Konstruktor, Hidroelektra, Pomgrad and Geotehnika.[4]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference hro-cigre was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference HEP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Jutarnji list - TAJNA GOLEME CIJEVI KOJA S VRHA VELEBITA IDE ZA OBROVAC Rješenje za hrvatsku energetiku koje nam može donijeti milijarde eura!". 19 July 2015.
  4. ^ Kosović, p. 16.