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IVAILOVGRAD

Hydro power plant in Khaskovo, Bulgaria. Approximate location 41.5839, 26.1075.

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IVAILOVGRAD is a 114 MW hydro power station in Khaskovo, Bulgaria. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 114,130 homes (estimated). It ranks #17 of 43 Bulgaria power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, hydro supplies about 6.7% of Bulgaria's electricity; the national grid averages 276 gCO₂/kWh (71.9% low-carbon) (2025).

114MW installed capacity
114,130homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1008048.

Capacity vs largest hydro plants in Bulgaria

PSCHAIRA GEN: 864 MW864PSCHAIRA G…PSBELMEKEN: 375 MW375PSBELMEKENSESTRIMO: 240 MW240SESTRIMOPESHTERA: 135 MW135PESHTERAMOMINA KLISU: 120 MW120MOMINA KLI…IVAILOVGRAD: 114 MW114IVAILOVGRADKARDZHALI: 110 MW110KARDZHALI

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Local climate & thermal context

This hydro plant converts the energy of falling or flowing water through hydro turbines. It sits in a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 41.6°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

13.1°Cannual mean temp
2,244heating degree-days (base 18°C)
470cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
118 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 3 °CJF: 4 °CFM: 7 °CMA: 12 °CAM: 17 °CMJ: 21 °CJJ: 24 °CJA: 23 °CAS: 19 °CSO: 14 °CON: 8 °CND: 4 °CD24 °C

Heating degree-days here run 9% below the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 47/100 — this site sits in the mid third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #6 largest hydro power plant of 7 in Bulgaria by capacity.

Bulgaria has 7 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 1,958 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 41.5839, 26.1075 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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