Schweinfurt run-of-river power plant

Schweinfurt run-of-river power plant
	Run-of-river power plant and Schweinfurt barrage seen from upstream
	location
Coordinates	50 ° 2 '22 " N , 10 ° 13' 48" E Coordinates: 50 ° 2 '22 " N , 10 ° 13' 48" E
country	Germany
Waters	Main
Kilometers of water	km 331.9
Height upstream	208 m
	power plant
owner	Mainkraftwerk Schweinfurt GmbH
operator	Uniper
Start of operation	1963
	technology
Bottleneck performance	3.8 megawatts
Average ; height of fall	4 m
Expansion flow	125 m³ / s
Standard work capacity	19.6 million kWh / year
Turbines	2
Generators	2
	Others

The Schweinfurt run-of-river power plant is a run-of-river power plant on the Main in Schweinfurt, Lower Franconia . It is located between the Schweinfurt barrage and the Schweinfurt lock .

location

The power plant is located close to the Schweinfurt city center , at the DB stop in Schweinfurt Mitte . It is located on the lock island , between the northern main arm of the Main, with the Schweinfurt barrage (see: List of Main barrages ) and a boat lock and the southern lock canal, with the Schweinfurt lock (see: List of Main locks ) and two outer ports (see: Ports of Schweinfurt ). Further south is the Saumain , a tributary of the Main. It serves as an emergency drain during floods .

history

The city of Schweinfurt has had the right to use the hydropower of the Main since 1397. Before the construction of today's power station and the barrage, there was a barrier 600 m upstream , the oldest roller weir in the world. Remnants of the drive mechanism are set up in a green area upstream, the prototype of the roller weir built in the Saumain has also been preserved. In 1904/1905 the first hydropower plant with 800 HP (590 kilowatts) was built. The power plant in its current form was put into operation in 1963.

description

The power plant was built as a result of the barrage expansion of the Main from Schweinfurt to Bamberg . This section was opened to traffic in 1962 as a large shipping route ( federal waterway ). The power plant went into operation a year later and has two Kaplan turbines with a total output of 3.8 MW . The owner is Mainkraftwerk Schweinfurt GmbH , in which Rhein-Main-Donau-Kanal GmbH holds 75% and Stadtwerke Schweinfurt 25% of the shares. The operator is Uniper .