Avce Pumped Storage Plant

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Coordinates: 46�5'1.89?N 13�39'59.94?EThe Avce Pumped Storage Plant (Slovene:
Crpalna Hidroelektrarna Avce or CHE Avce for short) is a pumped-storage power plant
near the village of Avce in western Slovenia. The power plant was completed in June
2009 and it was put into commercial use in April 2010.[1] The main building
contractor was Primorje Ajdov�cina. The powerplant is the first of its kind in
Slovenia.[2]

It pumps water from a height of 105 metres (344 ft) above sea level near the
village of Avce to a height of 625 metres (2,051 ft). The reservoir is close to the
village of Kanalski Vrh, and it holds a little over 2 million cubic meters of
water. The generator generates 185 megawatts (248,000 hp) when producing
electricity and uses 180 megawatts (240,000 hp) when pumping water. The same
turbine is used for pumping and generating electricity.[3]

The efficiency of the process is 77%, which means it is profitable to operate when
the electricity generated costs 30% more. The reservoir has the capacity to operate
for 15 hours at full power, and the discharge rate is around 40 cubic meters per
second. Normally it will operate from 6 to 10 hours, usually filling the reservoir
at the end of the week. The cost of the Avce pumped-storage plant was �122 million.

References
Energetika web site
HSE Power Company site
CHE Avce, So�ke elektrarne Nova Gorica Archived 2013-12-04 at the Wayback Machine,
accessed February 18, 2012
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