Zeleni Vir Hydroelectric Power Plant is a

hydroelectric 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 ...

power plant A power station, also referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the electricity generation, generation of electric power. Power stations are generally connected to an electr ...

located near the town of

Skrad Skrad is a village and a municipality in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in western Croatia. History Skrad was first mentioned on 22 February 1481 in a document freeing the citizens of Grič from tariffs in Skrad and elsewhere, unless the oth ...

Gorski Kotar Gorski Kotar () is the mountainous region in Croatia between Karlovac and Rijeka. Because 63% of its surface is forested it is popularly called ''the green lungs of Croatia'' or ''Croatian Switzerland''. The European route E65, which connects B ...

region in

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

. The Zeleni Vir Hydroelectric Power Plant is a high-pressure diversion plant that harnesses the water power of the Curak Brook with head of about 50 m. It was built in 1921. It is operated by

Hrvatska elektroprivreda Hrvatska elektroprivreda (HEP Group) is a national power company in Croatia which has been engaged in Electricity generation, electricity production, Electric power transmission, transmission and Electricity distribution, distribution for more th ...

History

At 19:00 on 11 September 1942, a group of around 1000 Partisans attacked a guard stationed at the power plant consisting of 20

Domobran Home guard is a title given to various military organizations at various times, with the implication of an emergency or military reserve force, reserve force raised for local defense. The term "home guard" was first officially used in the America ...

s of the 25th

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of the 3rd Regiment of the , capturing the plant and blowing it up with explosives, leaving

Brod Moravice Brod Moravice is a municipality in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in western Croatia. The Lujzijana road passes through it. History Brod Moravice was first mentioned in 1260. The rural municipality was founded in the 14th century. Throughout hi ...

Delnice Delnice () is a town in western Croatia, the largest settlement in the mountainous region of Gorski Kotar, in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. The town has a population of 3861, and total municipality population is 5135 (2021). Delnice is Gorsk ...

and

without electricity.

The Kupa River catchment hydroelectric power plants

Ozalj Hydroelectric Power Plant Ozalj Hydroelectric Power Plant is a hydroelectric power plant on river Kupa, in its central stretch, in town of Ozalj, Karlovac County, Croatia. The Ozalj Hydroelectric Power Plant is run-of-the-river plant on the Kupa River central stretch. The ...

Gojak Hydroelectric Power Plant Gojak Hydroelectric Power Plant is a hydroelectric power plant on river Dobra, near the town of Ogulin, in Karlovac County, Croatia. Its total capacity is 55.5 MW. The Gojak Hydroelectric Power Plant is a high pressure diversion plant which harn ...

Lešće Hydroelectric Power Plant Lešće ( sr-Cyr, Лешће) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia and one of the city's largest cemeteries. Location Lešće is located in Belgrade's municipality of Palilula, with the small, southeastern part belon ...

*Zeleni Vir Hydroelectric Power Plant *Zoomba Hydroelectric Power Plant

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* Hydroelectric power stations in Croatia Buildings and structures in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County {{hydroelectric-power-plant-stub

History

The Kupa River catchment hydroelectric power plants

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