Thisavros Dam

The Thissavros Dam ( Nestos reservoir; Greek: Φράγμα Θησαυρού, Techniti Limni Nestou / Thissavrou ) is one of several dams on the Nestos ( Mesta ) in northeastern Greece near the Bulgarian border. The current coming from Bulgaria Nestos is dammed on the Greek side of the locking points Thissavros, Platanovryssi future Temenos and Toxotes to use the hydropower potential and for irrigation four times. The surge heights are 172 m, 95 m, 45 m and 4 m.

The dam Thissavros is the first in the cascade. It is located about 12 km above the Platanovryssi Dam and 18 km above the future Temenos dam. It also functions as a pump storage power plant, whose lower basin the dam Platanovryssi ( storage space: 63 million m³) is.

The dam consists of rockfill material with a central core of clay seal.

The hydropower plant has three turbines in a cavern. Each has a capacity of 128 MW, 384 MW together. This 440 million kWh of electricity produced per year. The hydraulic drop height is 141 m.