Pļaviņas Hydro Power Plant

The Pļaviņas Hydroelectric Power Station is the largest hydroelectric power plant in the Baltics and one of the biggest in the European Union. It is located in the Latvian town of on the Daugava River.
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  • Type: Dam
  • Description: hydroelectric power plant in Latvia
  • Also known as: “Pļaviņas Hydroelectric Power Plant” and “Pļaviņas Hydroelectric Power Station”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aizkraukle and Sērene.

Town
Photo: Егор Журавлёв, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town and the administrative centre of in , . Most of is situated on the right bank of the Daugava River.

Village
Photo: Alek Sandrs, CC BY 3.0.
is a village.

Village
Photo: Aleksandrs Timofejevs, CC0.
is a village, which is situated 10 km east of Pļaviņas Hydro Power Plant.

Pļaviņas Hydro Power Plant

Latitude
56.58286° or 56° 34′ 58″ north
Longitude
25.23929° or 25° 14′ 21″ east
Inception
1965
Operator
AS „Latvenergo“
Open location code
9G87H6MQ+4P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 119073566
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­industrial
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Wiki­data ID
Q2984983
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Pļaviņas Hydro Power Plant” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Плявіньская ГЭС”
  • Chinese: “普拉維納斯水電站”
  • Chinese: “普拉维纳斯水电站”
  • Danish: “Plavinas Vandkraftværk”
  • Danish: “Pļaviņas Vandkraftværk”
  • Dutch: “Energiecentrale Plavinas”
  • Dutch: “Energiecentrale Pļaviņas”
  • Estonian: “Pļaviņase hüdroelektrijaam”
  • French: “centrale hydroélectrique de Pļaviņas”
  • French: “Centrale hydroélectrique de Pļaviņas”
  • German: “Kraftwerk Pļaviņas”
  • German: “Kraftwerk Plavinu”
  • Latvian: “Pļaviņu HES”
  • Latvian: “Pļaviņu hidroelektrostacija”
  • Lithuanian: “Pliavinių HE”
  • Lithuanian: “Pliavinių hidroelektrinė”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Plavinas vannkraftverk”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pļaviņas vannkraftverk”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pļaviņu HES”
  • Norwegian: “Pļaviņas vannkraftverk”
  • Persian: “نیروگاه برق آبی پلاویناس”
  • Polish: “Elektrownia Wodna Pļaviņas”
  • Russian: “Плявиньская ГЭС”
  • Swedish: “Pļaviņas vattenkraftverk”
  • Ukrainian: “ГЕС Плавінас”

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