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Kalimantsi Hydroelectric Power Plant Macedonia

Hydro power plant in Makedonska Kamenica, Macedonia. Approximate location 41.9712, 22.5781.

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Kalimantsi Hydroelectric Power Plant Macedonia is a 13 MW hydro power plant in Makedonska Kamenica, Macedonia. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 13k homes (estimated). It ranks #11 of 12 Macedonia power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, hydro supplies about 19.9% of Macedonia's electricity; the national grid averages 441 gCO₂/kWh (47.2% low-carbon) (2025).

13Legacy source-record capacity
12,614homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEODB0044852.

Data status

Known data

FacilityKalimantsi Hydroelectric Power Plant Macedonia WRI
CountryMacedonia · Makedonska Kamenica WRI
Coordinates41.9712, 22.5781 WRI
FuelHydro WRI
MW installed capacity13 MW WRI source record; scope not independently normalised

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#11 of 12 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#9 of 10 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers0.30× · 42 MW median · 10 peers calculated
Homes-powered equivalent12,614 calculated
Climate10.7°C · HDD 2,851 derived from coordinates
Environmental severityC2 · 30/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

OwnerNot available not in dataset
CommissionedNot available not in dataset
TechnologyNot available not in dataset
GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset
CO₂ emissionsnot applicable not applicable

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

The capacity and fuel fields on this page are source-record values from the upstream open dataset. They are useful for identification and ranking, but they have not been upgraded to a 2026 registry/GEM-location verified value.

capacity: WRI Global Power Plant Database source-record (legacy); fuel: WRI source-record fuel

In context: how this plant compares

At 13 MW, Kalimantsi Hydroelectric Power Plant Macedonia is below the median hydro plant in Macedonia (42 MW). Hydropower converts the energy of falling or flowing water into electricity; output depends on rainfall and reservoir level, and large dams also provide grid balancing and storage.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

Capacity vs largest hydro plants in Macedonia

Vrutok Hydroelectric Power Plant Macedonia: 150 MW150Vrutok Hyd…Tikves Hydroelectric Power Plant Macedonia: 114 MW114Tikves Hyd…Spilje Hydroelectric Power Plant Macedonia: 84 MW84Spilje Hyd…Kozjak Hydroelectric Power Plant Macedonia: 82 MW82Kozjak Hyd…Globocica (Crn Drim) Hydroelectric Power Plant Macedonia: 42 MW42Globocica …Sveta Peka Hydroelectric Power Plant Macedonia: 36 MW36Sveta Peka…Raven Hydroelectric Power Plant Macedonia: 19 MW19Raven Hydr…Vrben Hydroelectric Power Plant Macedonia: 13 MW13Vrben Hydr…

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 temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 42.0°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

10.7°Cannual mean temp
2,851heating degree-days (base 18°C)
220cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
653 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 0 °CJF: 2 °CFM: 6 °CMA: 10 °CAM: 15 °CMJ: 19 °CJJ: 21 °CJA: 21 °CAS: 17 °CSO: 11 °CON: 5 °CND: 1 °CD21 °C

Heating degree-days here run 16% above 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: 58/100 — this site sits in the mid third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

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.

Site climate & environmental severity

For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in a mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

C2ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
30/100environmental-severity index
21.3°Cseasonal temperature swing
226 kmdistance to coast

Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #9 largest hydro power plant of 10 in Macedonia by capacity.

Macedonia has 10 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 563 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

Location

Coordinates 41.9712, 22.5781 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Kalimantsi Hydroelectric Power Plant Macedonia?

Kalimantsi Hydroelectric Power Plant Macedonia is a 13 MW source-record hydro power plant in Makedonska Kamenica, Macedonia.

How many homes can Kalimantsi Hydroelectric Power Plant Macedonia power?

Its output is enough to supply roughly 12,614 homes (estimated).

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