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The Medvode Hydroelectric Power Plant (also ''Medvode HPP'', sl, Hidroelektrarna Medvode) is a 
run-of-the-river hydroelectricity
Run-of-river hydroelectricity (ROR) or run-of-the-river hydroelectricity is a type of hydroelectric generation plant whereby little or no water storage is provided. Run-of-the-river power plants may have no water storage at all or a limited amo ...
in Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and ...
. The ROR is located on the Sava
The Sava (; , ; sr-cyr, Сава, hu, Száva) is a river in Central and Southeast Europe, a right-bank and the longest tributary of the Danube. It flows through Slovenia, Croatia and along its border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and finally t ...
River in Medvode
Medvode (; german: Zwischenwässern''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 110.) is a town in Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality ...
.
The hydroelectric plant was built in part using forced labor by Catholic priests held as political prisoners after the Second World War. The Medvode Hydroelectric Power Plant is operated by Ljubljana Sava Hydroelectric Plants ( sl, Savske elektrarne Ljubljana, SEL).
See also
*List of power stations in Slovenia
The following page lists all power stations in Slovenia.
Nuclear
Fossil fuel
Hydroelectric
Unconventional
See also
* List of power stations in Europe
* List of largest power stations in the world
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