Overview
Limberg II Pumped Storage Plant, Kaprun HEPP
The Limberg II Power Plant owned by VERBUND Hydro Power GmbH is a pumped storage plant located in the community of Kaprun in the Austrian province of Salzburg. This power plant increases the capacity of the Kraftwerksgruppe Kaprun (Kaprun Power Plant Group) from 353 MW to 833 MW.
Energy & Climate ProtectionHydropowerEnergy Storage
About the Project
- Client:
- VERBUND
- Location:
- Austria
- Time frame:
- 2006–2011
Technical Data
- Design discharge in turbine mode: 144 m³/s
- Head: 366 m
- Installed capacity: 480 MW
- Headrace tunnel (inner Ø 6.0–6.2 m, length: 4.2 km)
- Surge tank, inclined shaft (inner Ø 4.8 m, 0.5 km)
- Tailrace tunnel (inner Ø 6.8 m, length: 0.25 km)
- Power house cavern (length: 61.9 m, width: 25 m, height: 25 m)
- 2 machine units (Francis spiral pump turbines and motor generators, vertical axis)
ILF-Services
- Management Consulting
- Engineering
- Project Management
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