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Pumped Storage Power Plant Hohenwarte II

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Pumped Storage Power Plant Hohenwarte II

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Naturpark Thüringer Schiefergebirge/Obere Saale

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    1. Hohenwarte Dam – Bohlenwand Bridge loop from Drognitz

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    September 3, 2021

    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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      July 16, 2025

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

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        July 17, 2025

        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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