Coordinates: 51°44′20″N 10°54′25″E / 51.73889°N 10.90694°E / 51.73889; 10.90694

Wendefurth Power Station

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Wendefurth Power Station
File:Pumpspeicherwerk.jpg
Penstocks above the Wendefurth Power Station
Official namePumpspeicherwerk Wendefurth
CountryGermany
LocationWendefurth
Coordinates51°44′20″N 10°54′25″E / 51.73889°N 10.90694°E / 51.73889; 10.90694
StatusOperational
Construction began1960
Opening date1967 (1967)
Operator(s)Vattenfall (Germany)
Upper reservoir
Total capacity2.0×10^6 m3 (2.0 hm3)
Lower reservoir
Total capacity8.5×10^6 m3 (8.5 hm3)
Power Station
Hydraulic head126 m
Pump-generators2 x 40 MW
Installed capacity80 MW
Capacity factor13.0%
Annual generation91 GW·h

Wendefurth Power Station (German: Pumpspeicherwerk Wendefurth) is a pumped-storage hydroelectric power station on the reservoir of the Wendefurth Dam near Wendefurth in the Harz mountains of central Germany. The power station has an upper reservoir on the mountain top which stores the water.[1] The two penstocks have a diameter of 3.4 metres (11 ft). The two installed Francis pump turbines can deliver 80 MW. As of 2012 the plant has since its commissioning in 1967 produced 4,105 GWh, corresponding to an average annual production of 91 GWh.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ Pumpspeicherwerk Wendefurth at www.ipernity.com. Accessed on 15 Apr 2011.
  2. ↑ "Daten und Fakten des Pumpspeicherwerks Wendefurth (Presseinformation" [Data and Facts of the Wendefurth Pumped Storage Power Station (Press information)] (PDF). corporate.vattenfall.de (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2017-03-20.

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