Lech stage 4 - Dessau

Lech stage 4 - Dessau
Litzau loop below the barrage
Location: Weilheim-Schongau district Tributaries: Lech Drain: Lech
Bavaria , Germany
Coordinates	47 ° 44 '23 "  N , 10 ° 49' 29"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 44 '23 "  N , 10 ° 49' 29"  E
Data on the structure
Lock type:	Run-of-river power plant
Construction time:	1966-1971
Power plant output:	10.2 MW
Operator:	Uniper power plants
Data on the reservoir
Altitude (at congestion destination )	713.0 m
Water surface	35 ha
Reservoir length	2.8 km
Reservoir width	0.2 km

The Lechstaustufe 4 - Dessau is a barrage of Lech between Schongau and feet .

geography

The barrage is located at river kilometer 140.0 in the municipality of Steingaden between Dessau and Hirschau in the Weilheim-Schongau district .

Technical specifications

The operator of the run- of -river power plant is Uniper Kraftwerke , the generated output is 10.2 MW with a drop height of 8.0 meters.

The expansion flow of the power plant, which has been in operation since 1967, is 142.5 m³ / s, the standard working capacity 48,609 MWh per year.

See also: List of hydropower plants in Germany

Natural space

The Lech section of the Hirschauer Steilhalde - Litzauer Loop nature reserve extends slightly below the power station . Barrage 5 originally planned here was finally prevented in 1986 by an alliance of residents, scientists and nature conservationists.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Holger Watter: Regenerative Energy Systems: Fundamentals, system technology and analyzes of executed examples of sustainable energy systems . Springer-Verlag, August 12, 2015, p. 457 .
2. ↑ Analysis of the use of hydropower in Bavaria. Retrieved January 19, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Wrestling for Lech and Litzau Loop. Retrieved January 20, 2019 .