Velebit Pumped Storage Power Plant

Dam in Obrovac, Zadar County

44°12′29″N 15°45′13″E / 44.20806°N 15.75361°E / 44.20806; 15.75361StatusOperationalConstruction began1978^[1]Opening date1984^[1]Owner(s)Hrvatska elektroprivredaOperator(s)Hrvatska elektroprivredaUpper reservoirCreatesŠtikada^[2]Lower reservoirCreatesRazovac^[2]Power StationPump-generators2^[2]Installed capacity276 MWAnnual 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).^[2] As of 2015^[update], 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

^ ^a ^b http://www.hro-cigre.hr/downloads/RHE_Velebit.pdf (in Croatian)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "RHE Velebit". hep.hr. Hrvatska elektroprivreda. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
^ "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.
^ Kosović, p. 16.

Sources

Kosović, Saša. "Reverzibilna hidroelektrana Velebit" [Velebit Pumped Storage Power Plant] (in Croatian). University of Rijeka. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
http://www.koncar-ket.hr/dokumenti/rhe-velebit-zamjena-opreme-sust-%20uprav.pdf (in Croatian)
http://www.pbs.hr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9&Itemid=4 (in Croatian)
http://www.koncar-ket.hr/dokumenti/Numericka%20zattita%20motor%20generatora%20u%20RHE%20Velebit.pdf (in Croatian)
http://www.ie-zagreb.hr/clanci/clanciPDF/2003HKCigre/A1-12.pdf (in Croatian)
http://www.gradri.hr/dokumenti/pgit/15-Okna.pdf (in Croatian)