| Rama Hydroelectric Power Station | |||||||||||||
| Location Map: | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 43.7906°N 17.5719°W | ||||||||||||
| Country: | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||||||||||||
| Location: | Prozor-Rama | ||||||||||||
| Purpose: | Power | ||||||||||||
| Status: | O | ||||||||||||
| Construction Began: | 1964 | ||||||||||||
| Owner: | Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity government | ||||||||||||
| Dam Type: | Embankment dam, concrete-face, rock-fill | ||||||||||||
| Dam Crosses: | Rama | ||||||||||||
| Dam Length: | 230m (760feet) | ||||||||||||
| Dam Height: | 103m (338feet) | ||||||||||||
| Dam Elevation Crest: | 598m (1,962feet) | ||||||||||||
| Dam Volume: | 1450000m2 | ||||||||||||
| Spillway Capacity: | 700m3/s | ||||||||||||
| Res Name: | Ramsko lake | ||||||||||||
| Res Capacity Total: | 515000000m2 | ||||||||||||
| Res Capacity Active: | 466000000m2 | ||||||||||||
| Res Catchment: | 550km2 | ||||||||||||
| Res Surface: | 14.74km2 | ||||||||||||
| Res Elevation: | 595m (1,952feet) | ||||||||||||
| Plant Name: | Rama Hydroelectric Power Station | ||||||||||||
| Plant Coordinates: | 43.7468°N 17.676°W | ||||||||||||
| Plant Operator: | JP Elektroprivreda HZ HB d.d. | ||||||||||||
| Plant Commission: | 1968 | ||||||||||||
| Plant Type: | Conventional, diversion (run-of-the-river) | ||||||||||||
| Plant Turbines: | 2 x 80 MW Francis-type | ||||||||||||
| Plant Hydraulic Head: | 325m (1,066feet) | ||||||||||||
| Plant Capacity: | 160 MW | ||||||||||||
| Plant Annual Gen: | 650 GWh | ||||||||||||
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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 4km (02miles) southwest of the town of Prozor in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]
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]
The dam was constructed between 1964 and 1968 with the primary purpose of hydroelectric power production. It is 103m (338feet) tall and creates Rama Lake. The dam's power station is located underground about 9.7km (06miles) to the southeast and discharges back into the Rama River. It contains two 80 MW Francis turbine-generators for an installed capacity of 160 MW. The difference in elevation between the reservoir and power station afford a hydraulic head (water drop) of 325m (1,066feet).[5] [6]
The power station ceased operations between 1993 and 1996 due to the Bosnian War.