Salakovac Hydroelectric Power Station

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Salakovac Hydro Power Plant
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Location of Salakovac Hydro Power Plant in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
Location Salakovac
Coordinates 43°26′53″N17°50′10″E / 43.44807753024709°N 17.83607305709733°E / 43.44807753024709; 17.83607305709733
Purpose Electricity generation
StatusOperational
Opening date1981
Owner(s) Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Gravity dam
Reservoir
Creates Salakovac Lake
Power Station
Operator(s)JP "Elektroprivreda BiH"
Commission date1979
Type run-of-the-river
Installed capacity 210 MW
Annual generation 410 GWh
Salakovac Hydroelectric Power Station

The Salakovac Hydro Power Plant is one of Bosnia and Herzegovina's largest hydro power plants having an installed three electric generators capacity of 210 MW. It was commissioned 1979, and built on the Neretva River. [1]

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