Sestrimo Hydro Power Plant

Sestrimo Hydro Power Plant
Sestrimo Hydro Power Plant
Country	Bulgaria
Location	Sestrimo
Coordinates	42°12′28″N 23°54′56″E / 42.20778°N 23.91556°E
Status	Operational
Commission date	1973
Owner(s)	NEK EAD
Operator(s)	NEK EAD;
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Hydropower
Power generation
Units operational	3
Nameplate capacity	240 MW

The Sestrimo Hydro Power Plant is an active hydro power project in the eastern Rila mountains near Sestrimo village, Bulgaria. Water is supplied by the Belmeken Dam to three turbines^[1] with a nominal output of around 80 MW which will deliver up to 240 MW of power.^[2] It is part of the Belmeken-Chaira-Sestrimo Hydropower Cascade. The same reservoir is used for pumped storage with the Chaira Hydro Power Plant.

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[1] Sestrimo Hydro Power Plant

[2] Chaira Pumped Storage Hydro Power Plant and Belmeken-Sestrimo Hydro Power Cascade Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine

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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