Devin Hydro Power Plant
The Devin Hydro Power Plant is an active hydro power project in Devin, Smolyan Province, southern Bulgaria. Situated along the river Vacha in the Rhodope Mountains, it has 2 individual turbines with a nominal output of 44 MW which deliver up to 88 MW of power.Photo: Edi koi si, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Devin and Beden.
Devin
Photo: Ismet Dramsky, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Devin is a spa town in Smolyan Province in the far south of Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Devin Municipality. As of December 2009, the town had a population of 7,054.
Beden
Village
Photo: Ismet Dramsky, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beden is a village, which is situated 4 km east of Devin Hydro Power Plant.
Grohotno
Village
Grohotno is a village in southern Bulgaria. It has a population of 856 as of 2022. Grohotno is situated 4½ km southwest of Devin Hydro Power Plant.
Devin Hydro Power Plant
- Type: Power station
- Description: hydroelectric power station in Bulgaria
- Categories: hydroelectric power station, building, and industry
- Location: Smolyan, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
41.72015° or 41° 43′ 13″ northLongitude
24.42448° or 24° 25′ 28″ eastOperator
НЕК ЕАДOpen location code
8GH6PCCF+3QOpenStreetMap ID
way 285893857OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q5267500
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Devin Hydro Power Plant” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “ВЕЦ „Девин“”
- French: “centrale hydroélectrique de Devin”
- French: “Centrale hydroélectrique de Devin”
- German: “Kraftwerk Dewin”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Девін”
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