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Dam in Obrovac, Zadar County
Velebit Pumped Storage Power Plant
Power station's pipe passes over the D27 road.
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
Opening date1984
Owner(s)Hrvatska elektroprivreda
Operator(s)Hrvatska elektroprivreda
Upper reservoir
CreatesŠtikada
Lower reservoir
CreatesRazovac
Power Station
Pump-generators2
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). As of 2015, it was one of three operational pumped-storage power plants in Croatia.

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

Turbines

  • 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

  1. ^ http://www.hro-cigre.hr/downloads/RHE_Velebit.pdf (in Croatian)
  2. ^ "RHE Velebit". hep.hr. Hrvatska elektroprivreda. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  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.

Sources

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