Čapljina Hydroelectric Power Station
The Čapljina Pumped-Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant is a pumped-storage hydroelectric power plant (PSHPP) or pumped hydroelectric energy storage power plant (PHESPP) type of hydroelectric power plant, whose powerhouse (generation hall, generating station or generating plant) is situated underground near Svitava, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It's one of country's largest hydroelectric power plants of any type, having an installed electric capacity of 420 MW.
| Čapljina Pumped-Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant | |
|---|---|
 Svitavsko Lake, lower basin | |
  Location of Čapljina Pumped-Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant in Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Location | Čapljina |
| Coordinates | 43°00′46″N 17°48′13″E / 43.012764226232555°N 17.80351380598162°E |
| Purpose | Electricity generation via hydroelectric energy storage |
| Status | Operational |
| Opening date | 1979 |
| Owner(s) | Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | Compensation & storage basins |
| Reservoir | |
| Creates | Lake Vrutak upper basin; Svitavsko Lake lower basin |
| Normal elevation | 270 m (890 ft) |
| Čapljina Pumped-Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant | |
| Coordinates | 42°56′05″N 17°49′52″E / 42.934681°N 17.831044°E |
| Operator(s) | JP "Elektroprivreda HZHB" |
| Commission date | 1979 |
| Type | Pumped-Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant |
| Turbines | Francis |
| Installed capacity | 420 MW |
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Lake Vrutak is artificial reservoir on the Trebišnjica river in Popovo Polje, near Hutovo village, and serves as compensation and storage basin for Čapljina Pump-Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant.[1][2]
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edit- ^ "HE BIH". www.elektroenergetika.info (in Bosnian). Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ^ CHE "Čapljina" - brošura (2014) (pdf); Hidroenergetski sistem sliva Neretva-Trebišnjics: CHE "Čapljina" - JP "EP HZHB" (Bosanski/Hrvatski/Srpski)
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