The power plant Waldshut
The youngest child of the Schluchseegruppe, the pumped storage power plant Waldshut, forms the lower tier of the triple chain. The machine hall is located directly on the banks of the Rhine.

The average generator output of the pumped storage power plant Waldshut is 150 MW, the average pump capacity is 80 MW. The maximum flow in generator operation is 140 and in pumping operation 40 cubic meters of water per second. KW Waldshut generates about 170 million kilowatt hours of electricity per year. As sub-basin serves the Rhine and the Aubecken at the Rhine power plant Albbruck-Dogern.

The construction of the Waldshut power plant posed a particular challenge: as a connection to the Witznaubecken, the 9.4-kilometer long Rhine tunnel had to be drilled into the rock. Another special feature of the Waldshut power plant is its moated castle Eschbach. At more than 160 meters, it is higher than the Cologne Cathedral or the Ulm Minster - but hidden almost invisibly in the mountain.

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Outdoorschwoaba (📍Wannweil 🇩🇪)

July 27, 2022

Wow, the water flowing there

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Arnold_1

May 10, 2021

Nice to look at when the masses of water patter down there.

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