Austria
Lower Austria
Mostviertel
Bezirk Melk
Emmersdorf an der Donau
Melk Hydroelectric Power Plant and Weir
Austria
Lower Austria
Mostviertel
Bezirk Melk
Emmersdorf an der Donau
Melk Hydroelectric Power Plant and Weir
Road Cycling Highlight (Segment)
Recommended by 60 out of 63 road cyclists
Location: Emmersdorf an der Donau, Bezirk Melk, Mostviertel, Lower Austria, Austria
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173
01:31
38.0km
170m
4.8
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459
02:13
55.7km
160m
4.5
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1,173
04:52
98.8km
1,390m
The facility was built in a low-rise design, with six weir fields and two locks (each 230 × 24 m). The length of the river is 22.5 km and the storage target is 214 m above sea level. A. at river kilometer 2038.0.
Nine sets of machines in the powerhouse, which was built on the right bank of the Danube, supply electricity to the public power grid, supplying an average of around 500,000 households.
April 4, 2022
Run-of-river power station on the Danube near Melk, good opportunity to cross the Danube
June 1, 2023
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Location: Emmersdorf an der Donau, Bezirk Melk, Mostviertel, Lower Austria, Austria
4.5
(14)
173
01:31
38.0km
170m
4.8
(14)
459
02:13
55.7km
160m
4.5
(11)
1,173
04:52
98.8km
1,390m