Editing Drava (section)

== Hydroelectric power plants ==
Currently, there are 22 [[Hydroelectricity|hydroelectric]] power plants on the Drava. The power plants are listed beginning at the headwaters:

{|class="wikitable sortable"
! Dam
! Nameplate capacity (MW)
! Annual generation (Mio. kwh)
|-
| [[Amlach power station]]<ref name="ti"/>
| 60
| 219
|-
| [[Paternion Hydroelectric Power Plant|Paternion]]<ref name="ve"/>
| 24
| 95
|-
| [[Kellerberg Hydroelectric Power Plant|Kellerberg]]<ref name="ve"/>
| 25
| 96
|-
| [[Villach Hydroelectric Power Plant|Villach]]<ref name="ve"/>
| 25
| 100
|-
| [[Rosegg-St. Jakob Hydroelectric Power Plant|Rosegg-St. Jakob]]<ref name="ve"/>
| 80
| 338
|-
| [[Feistritz-Ludmannsdorf Hydroelectric Power Plant|Feistritz-Ludmannsdorf]]<ref name="ve"/>
| 88
| 354
|-
| [[Ferlach-Maria Rain Hydroelectric Power Plant|Ferlach-Maria Rain]]<ref name="ve"/>
| 75
| 318
|-
| [[Annabrücke Hydroelectric Power Plant|Annabrücke]]<ref name="ve"/>
| 90
| 390
|-
| [[Edling Hydroelectric Power Plant|Edling]]<ref name="ve"/>
| 87
| 407
|-
| [[Schwabeck Hydroelectric Power Plant|Schwabeck]]<ref name="ve"/>
| 79
| 378
|-
| [[Lavamünd Hydroelectric Power Plant|Lavamünd]]<ref name="ve"/>
| 28
| 156
|-
| [[Dravograd Hydroelectric Power Plant|Dravograd]]<ref name="dem"/>
| 26.2
| 142
|-
| [[Vuzenica Hydroelectric Power Plant|Vuzenica]]<ref name="dem"/>
| 55.6
| 247
|-
| [[Vuhred Hydroelectric Power Plant|Vuhred]]<ref name="dem"/>
| 72.3
| 297
|-
| [[Ožbalt Hydroelectric Power Plant|Ožbalt]]<ref name="dem"/>
| 73.2
| 305
|-
| [[Fala Hydroelectric Power Plant|Fala]]<ref name="dem"/>
| 58
| 260
|-
| [[Mariborski Otok Hydroelectric Power Plant|Mariborski Otok]]<ref name="dem"/>
| 60
| 270
|-
| [[Zlatoličje Hydroelectric Power Plant|Zlatoličje]]<ref name="dem"/>
| 126
| 577
|-
| [[Formin Hydroelectric Power Plant|Formin]]<ref name="dem"/>
| 116
| 548
|-
| [[Varaždin Hydroelectric Power Plant|Varaždin]]
| 86
| 476
|-
| [[Čakovec Hydroelectric Power Plant|Čakovec]]
| 75.9
| 400
|-
| [[Dubrava Hydroelectric Power Plant|Dubrava]]
| 84
|
|-
|}

The Drava is one of the most exploited rivers in the world in terms of [[hydropower]], with almost 100% of its water potential energy being exploited.<ref name="HSEDidYouKnow">{{cite web | url=http://www.hse.si/en/interesting/did-you-know | title=HSE - Did you know? | publisher=HSE | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807152859/http://www.hse.si/en/interesting/did-you-know | archive-date=2017-08-07 | access-date=2017-08-07 }}</ref><ref name="DravaVision">{{cite web | url=http://www.life-drau.at/?page=symposium&id=59&menu=15&lng=1&sub_id=15 | title=International Symposium "Drava River Vision" | work=LIFE Projekt Lebensader Obere Drau | date=2 September 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807153559/http://www.life-drau.at/?page=symposium&id=59&menu=15&lng=1&sub_id=15 | archive-date=2017-08-07 | access-date=2017-08-07 }}</ref> As the region of the river is a place of exceptional [[biodiversity]], this raises several ecological concerns, together with other forms of exploitation such as use of river deposits.<ref name="DravaControversity">{{cite web | url=https://www.icpdr.org/main/publications/drava-river-flowing-controversy | title=The Drava River – a flowing controversy | publisher=International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River  | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807155156/https://www.icpdr.org/main/publications/drava-river-flowing-controversy | archive-date=2017-08-07 | access-date=2017-08-07 }}</ref><ref name="DravaVisionSustainable">{{cite web | url=http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/project/Projects/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.showFile&rep=file&fil=Obere_Drau_Symposium_Report.pdf | title=Is the Drava River Basin management sustainable and well on the way? | work=International Symposium "Drava River Vision" | publisher=Austrian Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management; Government of Carinthia, Department of Water Management | date=September 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807155646/http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/project/Projects/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.showFile&rep=file&fil=Obere_Drau_Symposium_Report.pdf | archive-date=2017-08-07 | access-date=2017-08-07 }}</ref>