Salakovac Hydroelectric Power Plant Bosnia and Herzegovina

Salakovac Hydroelectric Power Plant Bosnia and Herzegovina is a 210 MW hydro power station in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 210k homes (estimated). It ranks #18 of 34 Bosnia and Herzegovina power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, hydro supplies about 36.6% of Bosnia and Herzegovina's electricity; the national grid averages 571 gCO₂/kWh (43.6% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEODB0044766.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000600201; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 210 MW, Salakovac Hydroelectric Power Plant Bosnia and Herzegovina is well above the median hydro plant in Bosnia and Herzegovina (114 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.

Key facts

Share of Bosnia and Herzegovina hydro capacity

9.5% of 2,222 MW across 16 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 Bosnia and Herzegovina

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 43.4°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 6% 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: 48/100 — 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 #4 largest hydro power plant of 16 in Bosnia and Herzegovina by capacity.

Bosnia and Herzegovina has 16 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 2,222 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Mostar Hydroelectric Power Plant Bosnia and Herzegovina · Hydro · 72 MW · Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Glinica power station · Coal · 500 MW · Herzegovina-Neretva Canton
• Mostarsko Blato Hydroelectric Power Plant Bosnia and Herzegovina · Hydro · 60 MW · Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Grabovica Hydroelectric Power Plant Bosnia and Herzegovina · Hydro · 114 MW · Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Jablanica Hydroelectric Power Plant Bosnia and Herzegovina · Hydro · 180 MW · Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Rama Hydroelectric Power Plant Bosnia and Herzegovina · Hydro · 160 MW · Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Location

Coordinates 43.4478, 17.8369 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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