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Hohenwarte

Pumped Storage Power Plant Hohenwarte II

Landkreis Saalfeld-Rudolstadt

Hohenwarte

Pumped Storage Power Plant Hohenwarte II

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Pumped Storage Power Plant Hohenwarte II

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Location: Hohenwarte, Landkreis Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Thuringia, Germany

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radlerjuergen

September 3, 2021

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With eight machine sets and an installed capacity of 320 megawatts (MW), the Hohenwarte II pumped storage plant is the largest hydropower plant on the Saale in Thuringia. It has been in operation since 1966. The upper basin is an artificially created lake with a capacity of around three million cubic meters of water, sufficient for seven hours of full-load turbine operation. The Eichicht dam, with a capacity of around five million cubic meters of water, serves as a lower basin. It is also the lower basin for the Hohenwarte I pumped storage plant.

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Joachim Wagner

July 16, 2025

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View of the pipe route of the pumped storage power plant.

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Joachim Wagner

July 17, 2025

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It's fascinating how the over 2-meter-diameter tubes wind their way up the mountain. 😄

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Location: Hohenwarte, Landkreis Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Thuringia, Germany

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