Fala power plant

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Slovenian Hidroelectrarna Fala
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Fala power plant (Slovenia)
Fala power plant
Coordinates 46 ° 33 '31 "  N , 15 ° 27' 18"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 33 '31 "  N , 15 ° 27' 18"  E
country SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia
place Faal
Waters Outside
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Type Run-of-river power plant
Primary energy Hydropower
power 85 MW
owner Dravske elektrarne Maribor
Project start 1913
Start of operations 1918
Website http://www.dem.si/en-gb/Power-plants-and-generation/Power-plants/Fala-HPP
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The Faal power plant ( Slovenian Hidroelectrarna Fala ) is a run-of- river power plant on the Drava near Faal in Lower Styria in Slovenia . Commissioned in 1918, it is the oldest of all power plants on the Drau . It has housed an industrial museum since 1998 and has been a technical monument since 2008 .

The power plant was built between 1913 and 1918 with five Francis turbines with a horizontal axis. The sponsor was a consortium with the participation of STEG , Albert Buss & Co., Graz and Leobersdorfer Maschinenfabrik . It was provided with a fish ladder and a raft lock. Further turbines followed in 1925 and 1932. In 1977, a Kaplan turbine followed as the eighth . Extensive renovation work was carried out in the 1990s. The turbine from 1977 was replaced by a more modern one and two more Kaplan turbines were installed, each with a vertical axis. The original power house with the Francis turbines became the heart of the museum.

The power plant dams the Drau to 8.6 km, with a volume of up to 4.2 million m³.

See also

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b c Fala HPP. In: dem.si. Retrieved September 27, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b Fala Hydroelectric Power Plant Museum. In: maribor-pohorje.si. Retrieved September 27, 2018 .
  3. ↑ 100 YEARS OF THE FALA HYDRO POWER PLANT - HSE - Holding slovenske elektrarne. In: hse.si. Retrieved September 27, 2018 .
  4. ↑ limited preview in the Google book search