Wendefurth Power Station

Wendefurth Power Station
Penstocks above the Wendefurth Power Station
Official name Pumpspeicherwerk Wendefurth
Country Germany
Location Wendefurth
Coordinates 51°44′20″N 10°54′25″E / 51.73889°N 10.90694°E / 51.73889; 10.90694Coordinates: 51°44′20″N 10°54′25″E / 51.73889°N 10.90694°E / 51.73889; 10.90694
Status Operational
Construction began 1960
Commission date 1967 (1967)
Operator(s) Vattenfall (Germany)
Pumped-storage power station
Upper res. capacity 2.0×10^6 m3 (2.0 hm3)
Penstocks 2 x 3.4 m
Lower res. capacity 8.5×10^6 m3 (8.5 hm3)
Hydraulic head 126 m
Pump-generators 2 x 40 MW
Power generation
Make and model F 16 Francis pump turbine[1]
Nameplate capacity 80 MW
Capacity factor 13.0%
Annual net output 91 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.[2] 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.[1]

References

  1. 1 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 German). Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  2. ↑ Pumpspeicherwerk Wendefurth at www.ipernity.com. Accessed on 15 Apr 2011.
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