Peshtera Hydroelectric Power Station

The Peshtera Hydro Power Plant is an active underground hydroelectric plant in Peshtera, Bulgaria. It is part of the Batak Hydropower Cascade. It has 5 individual Pelton turbines which can deliver up to 136 MW of power.

Type: Power station
Description: hydro power plant in Peshtera, Bulgaria
Also known as: “Batak-demningen” and “ВЕЦ ‘Пещера’”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Snezhanka Cave.

Snezhanka Cave

Cave

Photo: Spiritia, Public domain.

Snezhanka is a show cave in the Rhodope Mountains, southern Bulgaria. It was discovered in 1961 and opened for visitors in 1965. Snezhanka is among the 100 Tourist Sites of Bulgaria of the Bulgarian Tourist Union. Snezhanka Cave is situated 2½ km southeast of Peshtera Hydroelectric Power Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Peshtera and Radilovo.

Peshtera

Town

Photo: Spiritia, Public domain.

Peshtera is a town in the Rhodope Mountains, southern Bulgaria. It is located in Pazardzhik Province near the towns of Batak and Bratsigovo. The town is the third largest in the province after Pazardzhik and Velingrad and is the forty-fifth largest in Bulgaria. Peshtera is situated 4½ km northeast of Peshtera Hydroelectric Power Station.

Radilovo

Village

Photo: Edal, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Radilovo is a village in the municipality of Peshtera, Pazardzhik Province in western Bulgaria. It has a population of 1537. Radilovo is situated in the foothills of the Rhodope Mountains, at 14 km to the south of Pazardzhik, on the main road from Pazardzhik to Batak via Peshtera. Radilovo is situated 8 km northeast of Peshtera Hydroelectric Power Station.