Medvode Hydroelectric Power Plant

{{short description|Run-of-the-river hydroelectricity in Slovenia}}

The Medvode Hydroelectric Power Plant (also Medvode HPP, {{langx|sl|Hidroelektrarna Medvode}}) is a run-of-the-river hydroelectricity in Slovenia. The ROR is located on the Sava River in Medvode.{{Cite web|url=http://globalenergyobservatory.org/geoid/44878|title=Medvode Hydroelectric Poqwer Plant Slovenia - GEO|website=globalenergyobservatory.org|access-date=2019-05-25}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibe.si/en/references/energy/Pages/reference-details.aspx?referenceid=665|title=Medvode HPP; 2 x 13,5 MVA; REFURBISHMENT AND UPRATING|website=www.ibe.si|access-date=2019-05-27}}

The hydroelectric plant was built in part using forced labor by Catholic priests held as political prisoners after the Second World War.{{cite book |author1=Tamara Griesser Pečar |editor1-last=Jambrek |editor1-first=Peter |title=Crimes Committed by Totalitarian Regimes |date=2008 |publisher=Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union |location=Brussels |page=80 |url=http://www.mp.gov.si/fileadmin/mp.gov.si/pageuploads/mp.gov.si/PDF/poprava_krivic/Crimes_committed_by_Totalitarian_Regimes.pdf |accessdate=May 23, 2019 |chapter=The Roman Catholic Church in Slovenia under Three Totalitarian Regimes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304103807/http://www.mp.gov.si/fileadmin/mp.gov.si/pageuploads/mp.gov.si/PDF/poprava_krivic/Crimes_committed_by_Totalitarian_Regimes.pdf |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead }} The Medvode Hydroelectric Power Plant is operated by Ljubljana Sava Hydroelectric Plants ({{langx|sl|Savske elektrarne Ljubljana}}, SEL).{{Cite web|url=https://www.gen-energija.si/eng/production/hydro-energy|title=Hydro energy|website=www.gen-energija.si|access-date=2019-05-27}}

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