Kozjak Hydro Power Plant is a large
hydroelectric power plant
Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is Electricity generation, electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies 15% of the world's electricity, almost 4,210 TWh in 2023, which is more than all other Renewable energ ...
on the river
Treska, which creates an
artificial lake
A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from t ...
, Kozjak, the largest in
North Macedonia
North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe. It shares land borders with Greece to the south, Albania to the west, Bulgaria to the east, Kosovo to the northwest and Serbia to the n ...
. The impounded reservoir is stretched along municipalities of Želino,
Brvenica and
Makedonski Brod. The constructed Kozjak Dam is the tallest in the country at . It is located in the western part of the country, in the
village of Lukovica, part of
Želino municipality
Želino (, ) is a municipality in the northwestern part of North Macedonia
North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe. It shares land borders with Greece to the south, Albania ...
. The primary purpose of the dam is flood control but it also serves for power generation.
The power plant has two turbines with a nominal capacity of 41
MW each having a total capacity of 82 MW.
The lake is long, with maximum depth of . The maximum elevation of the lake is 469.9 m and it has a capacity of about 380 million m³ of water. There is an abundance of fish in the lake.
The construction of the dam started in August 1994 and it was complete in 2000. The reservoir started filling in May 2003, and the two power generators finally operated in July and September 2004.
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Hydroelectric power stations in North Macedonia
Lakes of North Macedonia
Dams completed in 2000
Energy infrastructure completed in 2004
Rock-filled dams
Dams in North Macedonia
Makedonski Brod Municipality