Construction information

Main Designers: Miodrag Corovic, BSc (civil eng.) and Ilija Lazarevic, BSc (civil eng.)
- Structure: Zivota Nikolic, BSc (civil eng.) and Miodrag Popovic, BSc (civil eng.)
- Geotechnical part: Gvozden Sandic, BSc (geol.) 
- Geology: Janko Obradovic, DSc (geol.)
- Mechanical part: Predrag Crnkovic, BSc (mech. eng.) 
- Electrical part: Fran Bratusa, BSc (electr.)
Designed by: "Energoprojekt"
Employer: Hydroelectric Power Station "Bajina Basta" 
Main Contractor: GP "Hidrotehnika - Hidroenergetika"
Main Sub-contractor: "Geosonda" (injection works) 
Purpose of the Project: Production of Electricity 
Years of Construction: 1976-1983
  

Project information

 
REVERSIBLE pumping plant "Bajina Basta" is the second phase of the hydroelectric power station system "Bajina Basta". On the mountain of Tara two rock-filled dams were built which form the accumulation of 150x10 million m³. 

§ "Lazici" are the rock-filled dams with clay core, 125 m high in the canyon and 45 m on the saddle. The inflow-outflow tunnel through Mt Tara, from the accumulation to the machine building 
is 8 km long, pale opening 6,3 m and steel pipeline 42/48 m of 1400 m length. The surge tank has dia 12 m and is 140 m high, with two bottom and two upper chambers, dia 6 to 10 m, length 65 m each. The machine building is dug-in and its dimensions are 90x40 m and 38 m high. The bottom entry-exit structure with the well chamber and the hole 7x16 m is in the concrete dam "Bajina Basta".

§ Other important characteristics: 
- open pit excavation 560,000 m³, 
- embankments 3,650,000 m³,
- total concrete 170,000 m³, 
- reinforcement 3,300 tons, 
- height of pumping 600 m, 
- rated power 600 MW.
                  

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