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Glems Pumped Storage Power Plant

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Baden-Württemberg

Tübingen District

Landkreis Reutlingen

Metzingen

Glems Pumped Storage Power Plant

Recommended by 100 cyclists out of 107

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Location: Metzingen, Landkreis Reutlingen, Tübingen District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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1. View of the Albtrauf – Glems Reservoir loop from Eningen unter Achalm

32.0km

02:10

510m

Expert bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Glems Reservoir – View of the Albtrauf loop from Reutlingen West

24.0km

01:42

350m

Intermediate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Glems Reservoir – Orchard Meadows Below Kappis loop from Neuffen

30.1km

02:05

470m

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Sv𝕖𝐧 🚲🇺🇦

July 13, 2021

The Glems pumped storage plant, south of Metzingen near Glems, was built between 1962 and 1964 by what was then the Technical Works of the City of Stuttgart. From 1997 it belonged to Neckarwerke Stuttgart, now - since October 2003 - to EnBW Kraftwerke AG. The pumped storage plant has an output of 90 MW, which is obtained from two Francis turbines of 45 MW each. It is connected to the high-voltage network of the distribution network operator Netze BW via the Metzingen switchgear via a two-circuit 110 kV three-phase line.

Source and further details:

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpspeicherwerk_Glems

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Outdoorschwoaba (📍Wannweil 🇩🇪)

September 4, 2022

Here you can see the pumped storage plant at the Glems reservoir

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Andi

January 23, 2024

Nice location for everyone who is looking for a quiet and uncrowded place. The restaurant at the front near the power plant is recommended. The lower storage basin cannot be completely circumnavigated on a bike path, but rather it goes off-road. Anyone interested in the important generation of energy or the provision of control energy (balancing energy in the event of an impending shortage or absorbing peak loads) is recommended to visit the information boards at the front of the hiking trail or take a tour of the power plant, which was once built by the Neckarwerke Stuttgart (NWS) and is still today is operated by EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg.

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Location: Metzingen, Landkreis Reutlingen, Tübingen District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Glems Pumped Storage Power Plant

1. View of the Albtrauf – Glems Reservoir loop from Eningen unter Achalm

2. Glems Reservoir – View of the Albtrauf loop from Reutlingen West

3. Glems Reservoir – Orchard Meadows Below Kappis loop from Neuffen

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