Perucica Hydroelectric Power Plant Montenegro

Perucica Hydroelectric Power Plant Montenegro is a 307 MW hydro power station in Opstina Niksic, Montenegro. It is operated by Elektroprivreda Crne Gore AD [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 307k homes (estimated). It ranks #5 of 10 Montenegro power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1960, it is around 66 years old — an older, legacy facility. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, hydro supplies about 58.5% of Montenegro's electricity; the national grid averages 264 gCO₂/kWh (75.6% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEODB0042687.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000602496; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

Technically it is described as pumped storage. 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.

Key facts

Share of Montenegro hydro capacity

47.3% of 649 MW across 2 plants in this dataset

Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).

Capacity vs largest hydro plants in Montenegro

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

Owner

Operated by Elektroprivreda Crne Gore AD [100%].

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 42.7°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

Heating degree-days here run 8% 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.

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

This site sits in a moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

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 #2 largest hydro power plant of 2 in Montenegro by capacity.

Montenegro has 2 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 649 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Podgorica power station · Gas · 150 MW · Podgorica
• Trebinje I Hydroelectric Power Plant Bosnia and Herzegovina · Hydro · 180 MW · Republika Srpska
• Trebinje II Hydroelectric Power Plant Bosnia and Herzegovina · Hydro · 8 MW · Republika Srpska
• Dubrovnik Hydroelectric Power Plant Bosnia and Herzegovina · Hydro · 216 MW · Dubrovacko-Neretvanska
• Bar power station · Coal · 800 MW · Bar
• Bar gas power station · Gas · 440 MW · Bar

Location

Coordinates 42.6718, 18.9951 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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