Power plant upper level Gampadels
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| Coordinates | 47 ° 3 ′ 19 ″ N , 9 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ E | ||
| country | Austria | ||
| Waters | Gampadelsbach | ||
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| Type | power plant | ||
| Primary energy | water | ||
| power | 4.8 MW | ||
| owner | illwerke vkw AG | ||
| operator | illwerke vkw AG | ||
| Start of operations | 1989 | ||
| turbine | Pelton | ||
| Website | www.illwerkevkw.at | ||
The upper stage Gampadels power plant is a hydropower plant of illwerke vkw in Vorarlberg ( Austria ). The power plant (machine house, 1078 m above sea level ) is located directly on the Gampadelsbach (GwKm 2.50) in the Gampadelstal on Badweg in the Tschagguns community .
History and use
The first stage ( lower stage of the Gampadels power plant ) of what is now the two-stage Gampadels power plant group was created in the municipality of Tschagguns in Montafon as early as 1925 . Both power plants use the hydropower potential of the Gampadelsbach up to the point where it flows into the Ill .
Technical specifications
power plant
In operation since 1989.
- Water catchment area: 9.10 km²
- Expansion water volume: 1.25 m³
- Pipe drop height: 479.20 m
- Headwaters: 2.50 km
- Installed power: 4800 kW
- Year of construction: 1989
- Control: fully automatic
- Turbine type: Pelton
- average annual production 12 GWh
- Bottleneck capacity: 5.0 MW
- subsequent water use: power plant lower stage Gampadels
Speicher Fischkalter
The Fischkalter reservoir is around 115 m long and measures around 55 m at its widest point.
- Dam height: 10 m
- Crown width: 4 m
- Dam cubature: 4500 m³
- Storage destination: 1557.0 m. ü. A.
- Lowering target: 1555.0 m. ü. A.
- Storage volume: 6000 m³
- Diameter of the pressure pipeline to the machine house: 70 to 80 cm
- Type of pressure pipes: ductile iron pipes with cement lining
- Laying: mostly in the ground
Web links
Commons : Kraftwerk Gampadels - Collection of images, videos and audio files
