Ozalj Hydroelectric Power Plant

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Ozalj Hydroelectric Power Plant
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Coordinates 45°36′52″N15°28′40″E / 45.6144°N 15.4778°E / 45.6144; 15.4778
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The Ozalj I Hydroelectric Power Plant was built in 1908. Wasserkraftwerk-Ozalj4.JPG
The Ozalj I Hydroelectric Power Plant was built in 1908.

Ozalj Hydroelectric Power Plant is a hydroelectric power plant on river Kupa, in its central stretch, in town of Ozalj, Karlovac County, Croatia.

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The Ozalj Hydroelectric Power Plant is run-of-the-river plant on the Kupa River central stretch. The Ozalj plant consist of two separate hydroelectric power plants, Ozalj 1 (located on the right bank of the Kupa River) and Ozalj 2 (located on the left bank of the Kupa River). Ozalj 1 was built in 1908, as the first larger power plant in the continental part of Croatia, and the power was used for street lighting in the city of Karlovac. [1]

It is operated by Hrvatska elektroprivreda. [2]

The Kupa River catchment hydroelectric power plants

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References

  1. "Engineering and Technology History Wiki" (PDF). 8 March 2023.
  2. "HEP-Proizvodnja d.o.o. -". www.hep.hr. Archived from the original on 2007-05-13.