Kardzhali Hydroelectric Power Station

Hydroelectric power plant in Bulgaria

1970

Owner(s)VA Tech^{[citation needed]}, NEK EADOperator(s)

NEK EAD

Thermal power station Primary fuelHydropowerPower generation Units operational3Nameplate capacity108 MWExternal linksCommonsRelated media on Commons

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The Kardzhali Hydro Power Plant (Bulgarian: ВЕЦ Кърджали) is an active hydro power near Kardzhali, southern Bulgaria constructed on the dam of the same name on the river Arda. It has 3 individual turbines^[1] with a nominal output of around 36 MW which deliver up to 108 MW of power.

Together with the Ivailovgrad HPP and Studen Kladenets HPP, Kardzhali HPP forms the Dolna Arda Hydro Cascade with total capacity of 276 MW. There is a 65,000,000 euro modernization plan for the three power plants.^[2]

References

^ Kardzhali Hydro Power Plant
^ "Gorna Arda Cascade is to be modernized". Archived from the original on 2009-01-07. Retrieved 2008-11-02.

External links

Media related to Kardzhali Hydroelectric Power Plant at Wikimedia Commons

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Power plants in Bulgaria with more than 100 MW 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

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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