Kopswerk

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Power plant group Obere Ill-Lünersee
Schematic representation

                  
Transfer from the Brandner Glacier 2480  m above sea level A.
                  
Ill origin ( Ochsentaler Glacier ) 2460  m
                  
                  
Tributaries
                  
Silvretta reservoir 2030  m
                  
Drain to Ill  |  Lünersee 1970  m
                  
Tributaries
                  
Kleinvermunt pumping station 1670  m
                  
Stream crossing Fasulbach and Rosanna
                  
Kops reservoir 1809  m
                  
Obervermuntwerk I 1743  m
                  
Transfer Kops-Vermunt with tributaries
                  
Tributaries
                  
Vermuntsee 1743  m
                  
Lockroom salonies 1690  m
                  
Obervermuntwerk II 1655  m
                  
                  
Rells-, Vilifau- and Zaluandabach tributaries
                  
Storage basin rells 1456  m
                  
Rellswerk 1430  m
                  
                  
Kopswerk II   |   Kopswerk  I   |   Vermuntwerk 1025  m
                  
                  
Partenen compensation pool 1025  m
                  
Free-flow tunnel Partenen-Latschau
                  
Rifawerk 1005  m
                  
                  
Rifa compensation pool 1007  m
                  
Tributaries Garnera, Vermilbach, Suggadin
                  
Lünerseewerk 992  m
                  
Latschau reservoir 992  m
                  
Latschauwerk 985  m
                  
                  
                  
Rodundwerk I   |   Rodundwerk II 645  m
                  
Inflow from Ill
                  
Rodund basin  I to III 645  m
                  
Drain to Ill
                  
Alvier tributary
                  
Inflow quantity
                  
Walgauwerk 492  m
                  
Walgau compensation basin 492  m
                  
Drain to Ill

The Kops I and Kops II hydropower plants are two power plants operated by illwerke vkw AG in Montafon, Austria .

Kopswerk I

Kops reservoir

The power house of Kopswerk I is in Partenen and was built between 1962 and 1969. No avalanche and mire-proof location could be found there. Therefore, the power house had to be built in a rock as a cavern power plant and the 220 kV switchgear on a reinforced concrete slab in the Partenen equalization basin.

The Kopswerk I uses the difference in altitude of around 800 m from the Kops reservoir to generate electricity from hydropower . It is designed as a cavern power station.

power

Bottleneck capacity : 247  MW
Standard working capacity : 392  GWh

Technical specifications

Cavern power house with three horizontal-axis machine groups, each consisting of a generator and two two-nozzle Pelton free-jet turbines .

Kopswerk II

The Kopswerk II is also designed as a cavern power plant and is located in Rifa , between Partenen and Gaschurn . It is the largest pumped storage power plant operated by illwerke vkw AG. The project, which costs around 360 million euros, uses the Kopssee – Tafamunt – Rifa slope.

Construction began in September 2004. In October 2008, two turbines were put into operation and used to provide control energy for the grids involved. In November 2008 the third turbine was also put into operation.

Web links

Commons : Kopswerk II  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kopswerk II of the Illwerke in trial operation - vol.at

Coordinates: 46 ° 58 ′ 22 ″  N , 10 ° 3 ′ 29 ″  E