The Belmeken Hydro Power Plant is an active

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hydro power project in the eastern

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mountains,

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. It receives its water from the Belmeken Reservoir and has 5 individual

turbine A turbine ( or ) (from the Greek , ''tyrbē'', or Latin ''turbo'', meaning vortex) is a rotary mechanical device that extracts energy from a fluid flow and converts it into useful work. The work produced by a turbine can be used for generating e ...

s with a nominal output of around which can deliver up to of power, as well as 2 pumps with an installed capacity of 104 MW.Chaira Pumped Storage Hydro Power Plant and Belmeken-Sestrimo Hydro Power Cascade
It is part of the Belmeken-Chaira-Sestrimo Hydropower Cascade.

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