Stiftsmühle power station
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 23 '39 " N , 7 ° 26' 16" E | |
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| place | Herdecke | |
| Waters | Ruhr , Volme | |
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| owner | Ruhrverband | |
| operator | RWE Power AG | |
| construction time | 1930 | |
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| Turbines | 3 × Kaplan turbines | |
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The Stiftsmühle run-of-river power plant is a run-of-river power plant in Herdecke at the confluence of the Ruhr and Volme rivers . The power plant with the corresponding almost 200 meter long weir Stiftsmühle was built in 1930 by the Ruhrverband , who is still the owner today, but leased the power plant to RWE Power AG .
In the complex produce three Kaplan turbines with a maximum of 630 per kW power electricity. However, the weir, which has been in the Hagen city area since the land was redesignated in 1964 , and the power station are primarily used to manage the Hengstey and Harkort lakes , and through the water level control, the Koepchenwerk , located around two and a half kilometers up the Ruhr on the Hengstey lake , as a pumped storage power station for strongly fluctuating water levels in this section of the Ruhr.
There is a small artificial island next to the power plant.
The Stiftsmühle power station is location no. 5 on the Herdecke energy industry hiking trail . The Herdeck outdoor swimming pool "Freizeitbad Bleichstein" is located in the immediate vicinity of the power plant .
