Velebit Pumped Storage Power Plant

Velebit Pumped Storage Power Plant
Power station's pipe passes over the D27 road.
Official name Reverzibilna hidroelektrana Velebit
Country Croatia
Location Obrovac, Zadar County
Coordinates 44°12′29″N 15°45′13″E / 44.20806°N 15.75361°E / 44.20806; 15.75361Coordinates: 44°12′29″N 15°45′13″E / 44.20806°N 15.75361°E / 44.20806; 15.75361
Status Operational
Construction began 1978[1]
Commission date 1984[1]
Owner(s) Hrvatska elektroprivreda
Operator(s) Hrvatska elektroprivreda
Pumped-storage power station
Upper reservoir Štikada[2]
Lower reservoir Razovac[2]
Pump-generators 2[2]
Power generation
Nameplate capacity 276 MW
Annual net output 467.5 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]

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. 1 2 http://www.hro-cigre.hr/downloads/RHE_Velebit.pdf (in Croatian)
  2. 1 2 3 4 "RHE Velebit". hep.hr. Hrvatska elektroprivreda. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  3. http://www.jutarnji.hr/vijesti/tajna-goleme-cijevi-koja-s-vrha-velebita-ide-za-obrovac-rjesenje-za-hrvatsku-energetiku-koje-nam-moze-donijeti-milijarde-eura/282574/
  4. Kosović, p. 16.

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