Belmeken Hydro Power Plant
Hydroelectric power plant in Bulgaria
Dam in Belmeken
42°11′58″N 23°51′30″E / 42.19944°N 23.85833°E / 42.19944; 23.85833The Belmeken Hydro Power Plant is an active pumped storage hydro power project in the eastern Rila mountains, Bulgaria. It receives its water from the Belmeken Reservoir and has 5 individual turbines[1] with a nominal output of around 75 megawatts (101,000 hp) which can deliver up to 375 megawatts (503,000 hp) of power, as well as 2 pumps with an installed capacity of 104 MW.[2] It is part of the Belmeken-Chaira-Sestrimo Hydropower Cascade.
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Power plants in Bulgaria with more than 100 MW installed capacity
- 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
- Belmeken–Sestrimo–Chaira Cascade - 1,575 MW (Chaira - 840 MW, Belmeken - 375 MW, Sestrimo - 240 MW, Momina Klisura - 120 MW)
- Dospat–Vacha Cascade - 500 MW (Orphey - 165 MW, Devin - 88 MW, Tsankov Kamak - 86 MW, Krichim - 80 MW, Teshel - 60 MW)
- Batak Cascade - 254 MW (Peshtera - 136 MW, Aleko - 71 MW, Batak - 47 MW)
- Kardzhali - 170 MW
- Gorna Arda - 160 MW
- Ivailovgrad - 110 MW
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