Rama Hydroelectric Power Station
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The Rama Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Rama river, a tributary of the Neretva river, about 4 km (2.5 mi) southwest of the town of Prozor in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]
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Rama Hydroelectric Power Station | |
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Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Location | Prozor-Rama |
Coordinates | 43.790560°N 17.571902°E / 43.790560; 17.571902 |
Purpose | Power |
Status | Operational |
Construction began | 1964 |
Opening date | 1968; 56 years ago (1968) |
Owner(s) | Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity government |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Embankment dam, concrete-face, rock-fill |
Impounds | Rama |
Height | 103 m (338 ft) |
Length | 230 m (750 ft) |
Elevation at crest | 598 m (1,962 ft) |
Dam volume | 1,450,000 m3 (1,900,000 cu yd) |
Spillway capacity | 700 m3/s (25,000 cu ft/s) |
Reservoir | |
Creates | Ramsko lake |
Total capacity | 515,000,000 m3 (418,000 acre⋅ft) |
Active capacity | 466,000,000 m3 (378,000 acre⋅ft) |
Catchment area | 550 km2 (210 sq mi) |
Surface area | 14.74 km2 (5.69 sq mi) |
Normal elevation | 595 m (1,952 ft) |
Rama Hydroelectric Power Station | |
Coordinates | 43.746810°N 17.676043°E / 43.746810; 17.676043 |
Operator(s) | JP Elektroprivreda HZ HB d.d. |
Commission date | 1968 |
Type | Conventional, diversion (run-of-the-river) |
Hydraulic head | 325 m (1,066 ft) |
Turbines | 2 x 80 MW Francis-type |
Installed capacity | 160 MW |
Annual generation | 650 GWh |
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Dam and its hydropower plant are operated by Elektroprivreda HZ HB, public power utility company in Bosnia and Herzegovina owned by Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity government.[2][3][4]