Teshel Hydro Power Plant

The Teshel Hydro Power Plant is an active hydro power project near Teshel, Smolyan Province, southern Bulgaria. It is situated along the river Vacha in the Rhodope Mountains.

Photo: kaladan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Power station
Description: hydroelectric power station in Bulgaria
Also known as: “ВЕЦ ‘Тешел’”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Teshel Reservoir and Yagodinska cave.

Teshel Reservoir

Reservoir

Teshel Reservoir

Photo: kaladan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Teshel is a small reservoir situated in the Western Rhodope Mountains of southern Bulgaria. Its lies in Borino Municipality in the western part of Smolyan Province, between the lands of the villages of Borino and Yagodina.

Yagodinska cave

Cave

Yagodinska cave

Photo: Gogotoooo, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Yagodinska Cave is a cave in the Rhodope Mountains, southern Bulgaria. It is included in the 100 Tourist Sites of Bulgaria and is named after the homonymous village nearby. Yagodinska cave is situated 4 km south of Teshel Hydro Power Plant.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Teshel and Gyovren.

Teshel

Village

Teshel is a village in southern Bulgaria. It has a population of 0 as of 2022.

Gyovren

Village

Photo: sali gyovren, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gyovren is a village under the municipality of Devin in the Smolyan Province in the southern part of Bulgaria. Gyovren is situated 3 km east of Teshel Hydro Power Plant.

Yagodina

Village

Photo: Chech Explorer, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Yagodina is a village in southern Bulgaria. It has a population of 379 as of 2022. Yagodina is situated 3 km south of Teshel Hydro Power Plant.

Teshel Hydro Power Plant

Categories: hydroelectric power station and industry
Location: Borino, Smolyan, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude

41.66327° or 41° 39′ 48″ north

Longitude

24.33997° or 24° 20′ 24″ east

Inception

February 1st, 1972

Operator

НЕК

Open location code

8GH6M87Q+8X

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=industrial

Wikidata ID

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Teshel Hydro Power Plant” goes by many names.

Bulgarian: “ВЕЦ „Тешел“”
Bulgarian: “ВЕЦ Тешел”
French: “centrale hydroélectrique de Teshel”
French: “Centrale hydroélectrique de Teshel”
German: “Kraftwerk Teschel”
Ukrainian: “ГЕС Тешел”

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