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Peshtera Hydroelectric Power Station

Peshtera, Bulgaria

The 2340th largest power station in the world

136 MW · Capacity

The Peshtera Hydro Power Plant (before 1992: Kimon Georgiev Hydro Power Plant) is an active underground hydroelectric plant in Peshtera, Bulgaria. It is part of the Batak Hydropower Cascade. It has 5 individual Pelton turbines which can deliver up to 136 MW of power.

Power station data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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