Rupperswil-Auenstein Power Plant
Rupperswil-Auenstein Power Plant
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Rupperswil-Auenstein Power Plant
Hiking
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Mountain biking
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Road cycling
5.0
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Tips
January 19, 2019
Hiking
The power plant has a capacity of 40 MW, which is applied by two Kaplan turbines. It uses the slope of the Aare on a river length of 7.3 km, which exploits a mean drop height of almost eleven meters. The generator of the northern group of turbines generates electricity with a frequency of 50 Hz for the national supply, the generator of the group located south generates traction current with a frequency of 16⅔ Hz.
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January 23, 2021
Hiking
Mandatory
[] Respect for nature
[] Surefootedness
[ ] Good condition
Optional
[] Sticks
recommendation
[] Handy Offline 😉 only GPS for recording the tour
[] Powerbank for all cases 🙂
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August 28, 2021
Hiking
The Rupperswil-Auenstein run-of-river power plant is an important and sustainable component of the traction power supply in the Swiss Plateau. The 75 …
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Elevation 410 m
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