Sestrimo Hydro Power Plant

{{Short description|Hydroelectric power station in Bulgaria}}

{{Infobox power station

|name =Sestrimo Hydro Power Plant

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|country =Bulgaria

|location =Sestrimo

| coordinates = {{coord|42|12|28|N|23|54|56|E|region:BG|display=inline,title}}

|owner =NEK EAD

|status =O

|th_fuel_primary =Hydropower

|th_combined_cycle =

|ps_units_operational=3

|ps_electrical_capacity= 240 MW

|commissioned =1973

|decommissioned =

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The Sestrimo Hydro Power Plant is an active hydro power project in the eastern Rila mountains near Sestrimo village, Bulgaria. Water is supplied by the Belmeken Dam to three turbines[http://www.ebrdrenewables.com/sites/renew/Lists/Projects/DispForm.aspx?ID=408&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eebrdrenewables%2Ecom%2Fsites%2Frenew%2Fcountries%2FBulgaria%2Fdefault%2Easpx Sestrimo Hydro Power Plant] with a nominal output of around 80 MW which will deliver up to 240 MW of power.[http://www.nek.bg/cgi?d=1432 Chaira Pumped Storage Hydro Power Plant and Belmeken-Sestrimo Hydro Power Cascade] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721073049/http://www.nek.bg/cgi?d=1432 |date=2011-07-21 }} It is part of the Belmeken–Sestrimo–Chaira Hydropower Cascade. The same reservoir is used for pumped storage with the Chaira Hydro Power Plant.