Hydroelectric Power Plants in Serbia

 

Bajina Basta
Location: Zlatiborski
Operator:
Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS)
Configuration: 4 X 91 MW Francis
Operation: 1966-1968
T/G supplier:
Nohab, Litostroj, Koncar
EPC: Elektroproject
Quick facts:
The Bajina Basta plant is the largest on the Drina River. The 90m concrete dam is 460m long.

Photograph courtesy of Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS)
Posted 7 Apr 2001

Bistrica
Location: Zlatiborski
Operator:
Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS)
Configuration: 2 X 51 MW Francis
Operation: 1960
T/G supplier: Charmilles
, Litostroj, Koncar

Photograph courtesy of Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS)
Posted 28 Oct 2006

 

Djerdap-I
Location: Borski
Operator: Hidroelektrane Djerdap doo
Configuration: 6 X 176 MW Francis
Operation: 1962
T/G supplier: LMZ, Electrosila, Koncar
EPC: Hydropower Institute, Hidrotehnika
Quick facts:
On 7 Sep 1964, Yugoslavia’s President and most famous hero of World War II Josip Broz Tito laid the cornerstone for the Djerdap hydroelectric plant. The plant is located in the Djerdap Gorge - the Iron Gate - on the Danube River. A second powerhouse has ten 26-MW LMZ bulb turbines completed in the late 1980s.

Photograph courtesy of Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS)
Posted 9 Mar 2001

Djerdap-II
Location: Borski
Operator: Hidroelektrane Djerdap doo
Configuration: 8 X 26 MW bulb
Operation: 1986-1987
T/G supplier: LMZ, Electrosila, Koncar
EPC: Hydropower Institute, Hidrotehnika
Quick facts: Construction on Djerdap II began on 3 Dec 1977, and the first units were put into operation in 1985. The project consists of the powerhouse and equipment, navigation lock, spillway and non-spillway dam, and a dam crossing in the middle of which is the border between Serbia and Romania. The design allowed for a rail crossing across the dam.

Photograph by MRY (wikipedia)
Posted 19 Jul 2009

Kokin Brod
Location: Zlatiborski
Operator:
Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS)
Configuration: 2 X 11 MW Francis
Operation: 1960-1961
T/G supplier: Charmilles
, Litostroj, Koncar
EPC: Elektroproject, Hidrotehnika

Photograph courtesy of Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS)
Posted 28 Oct 2006

Medjuvrsje
Location: Moravicki
Operator:
Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS)
Configuration: 1 X 2.5 MW, 1 X 4.5 Kaplan
Operation: 1953-1956
T/G supplier: Litostroj
, Koncar
Quick facts: Part of the EPS HPP Elektromorava group, the company's oldest and smallest hydro plants.

Photograph courtesy of Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS)
Posted 28 Oct 2006

Ovcar
Location: Moravicki
Operator:
Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS)
Configuration: 1 X 2 MW, 1 X 4 Kaplan
Operation: 195-1957
T/G supplier: Litostroj
, Koncar
Quick facts: Part of the EPS HPP Elektromorava group, the company's oldest and smallest hydro plants.

Photograph courtesy of Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS)
Posted 28 Oct 2006

Pirot
Location: Pirot
Operator: Hidroelektrane Djerdap doo
Configuration: 1 X 42 MW Francis
Operation: 1990
T/G supplier:
CKD, Koncar
EPC: Elektroproject
Quick facts: Part of the EPS Hidroelektrane Djerdap group.

Photograph courtesy of Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS)
Posted 28 Oct 2006

Potpec
Location: Zlatiborski
Operator:
Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS)
Configuration: 3 X 17 MW Francis
Operation: 1967-1969
T/G supplier: Voest
, Koncar
EPC: Elektroproject, Hidrotehnika

Photograph courtesy of Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS)
Posted 28 Oct 2006

 

Uvac
Location: Zlatiborski
Operator:
Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS)
Configuration: 1 X 36 MW Francis
Operation: 1979
T/G supplier:
Litostroj, Koncar
EPC: Ingra dd
Quick facts: Part of the EPS Hidroelektrane Djerdap group.

Photograph courtesy of Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS)
Posted 19 Jul 2009

 

Vrla-1
Location: Pcinjski
Operator: Hidroelektrane Djerdap doo
Configuration: 2 X 11 MW, 2 X 14.5 Pelton
Operation: 1955-1975
T/G supplier: Litostroj
, Koncar, CKD, Skoda
EPC: Elektroproject, Hidrotehnika
Quick facts: There are four plants in the cascade from Lake Vlasina to Vladicin Han. The Vrla plants are driven by water from Lake Vlasina, formed by an earthern dam on the River Vlasina, and the Bitvrdja, Romanovska and Masuricka rivers through tunnelsAlso included in the complex is the Lisina pumped-storage plant which can re-pump water from Lake Lisina into Lake Vlasina.

Photograph courtesy of Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS)
Posted 29 Oct 2006

Zvornik
Location: Macvanski
Operator:
Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS)
Configuration: 4 X 23 MW Kaplan
Operation: 1955-1958
T/G supplier: Voith, Litostroj, Koncar
EPC: Elektroproject, Hidrotehnika
Quick facts: Zvornik was built as the last plant in the middle course of the River Drina and is 93km from the confluence with the Sava. This run-of-river hydro-power plant has two powerhouses, one on each bank. Average annual power generation of about 500 GWh.

Photograph courtesy of Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS)
Posted 29 Oct 2006
 

Abbreviations

Data: industcards, Platts UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base

Updated 07/19/09

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