Orphey Hydroelectric Power Station
The Orphey Pumpted Storage Hydro Power Plant is an active hydro power project near Krichim in the Rhodope Mountains, southern Bulgaria. It has 4 individual Francis turbines which deliver up to 164.8 MW of power.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Petq stavarova, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Power station
- Description: pumped-storage power station in Bulgaria
- Also known as: “ПАВЕЦ Орфей”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Osikovo and Ravnogor.
Osikovo
Village
Photo: Ismet Tisovski, Public domain.
Osikovo is a village, which is situated 5 km southeast of Orphey Hydroelectric Power Station.
Ravnogor
Village
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Ravnogor is a village located in Bratsigovo Municipality, Pazardzhik Province, Southern Bulgaria. Ravnogor is situated 7 km west of Orphey Hydroelectric Power Station.
Zhrebichko
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zhrebichko is a village located in Bratsigovo Municipality, Pazardzhik Province, Southern Bulgaria. Zhrebichko is located in a mountainous area in the Rhodope Mountains. The climate is typically continental mountainous with snowy winters and cool summers. Zhrebichko is situated 10 km north of Orphey Hydroelectric Power Station.
Orphey Hydroelectric Power Station
- Categories: pumped-storage power station and industry
- Location: Krichim, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
41.9425° or 41° 56′ 33″ northLongitude
24.45222° or 24° 27′ 8″ eastOperator
НЕК ЕАДOpen location code
8GH6WFR2+XVOpenStreetMap ID
node 1835658459Wikidata ID
Q7103997
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Orphey Hydroelectric Power Station” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “ПАВЕЦ „Орфей“”
- French: “centrale de pompage-turbinage Orphey”
- French: “Centrale de pompage-turbinage Orphey”
- German: “Wasserkraftwerk „Orpheus“”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kritsjim-demningen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Orfei vannkraftverk”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vatsja-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Orfei vannkraftverk”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС-ГАЕС Орфей”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include ПАВЕЦ „Орфей“ and Язовир Въча.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Orphey Hydroelectric Power Station”. Photo: Petq stavarova, CC BY-SA 3.0.