RHE Velebit

(Velebit Pump Storage Power Plant) 23450 Obrovac tel: ++ 385 23 68 90 25, ++ 385 23 68 92 25 fax: ++ 38523 68 90 66

Velebit is a pump storage hydro power plant. It is situated on the Zrmanja River, 10 km upstream of Obrovac. It uses watercourses of the Gračac Field, namely: Opsenica, Ričica, streams of Krivak and Otuča. In the pumping mode, the Velebit power plant in addition to the mentioned rivulets uses the waters of the Zrmanja River. In the latter case, using the nightly surplus of energy, it pumps the water from the lower reservoir Razovac into the upper reservoir Štikada in order for this same water to be used again to generate electricity.

Director: Ivan Vrkić

General data :

• location: Zadar County, the powerhouse is situated by the Zrmanja River
• type: pump storage /storage
• total capacity: 276/240MW

Energy data:

• installed flow:
  • Q_i = 60m³/s (2x30) (in turbine mode)
  • Q_i = 40m³/s (2x20)(in pumping mode)
• design head: H_t = 517 m ( in turbine mode ), Hc = 559 m (in pumping mode)
• turbine installed capacity: 276 MW (2x138)
• pump installed capacity: 240 MW (2x120)
• mean energy equivalent: 1.25 kWh/m³