Lech barrage Lechbruck

Lech barrage Lechbruck
Lechbruck from the north, the Lech barrage in the middle
Location: District of Ostallgäu Tributaries: Lech Drain: Lech Larger places on the shore: Lechbruck am See
Bavaria , Germany
Coordinates	47 ° 41 '33 "  N , 10 ° 47' 52"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 41 '33 "  N , 10 ° 47' 52"  E
Data on the structure
Lock type:	Run-of-river power plant
Construction time:	1903 (expansion 1940 and 1958)
Power plant output:	5.0 MW
Operator:	AÜW
Data on the reservoir
Altitude (at congestion destination )	730.0 m
Water surface	2 ha
Reservoir length	0.5 km
Reservoir width	0.1 km

The Lech barrage Lechbruck is a barrage of the Lech between Schongau and Füssen .

geography

The barrage is located at river kilometer 146.5 in the municipality of Lechbruck am See in the Ostallgäu district .

Technical specifications

The operator of the run- of -river power plant is Allgäuer Überlandwerke , the generated output is 5.0 MW with a drop height of 6.0 meters.

The expansion flow of the power plant is 140 m³ / s, the standard energy 25,000 MWh per year.

In 2017 the three Kaplan turbines and the associated generators of the power plant were overhauled.

See also: List of hydropower plants in Germany

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. ↑ Hydropower: Allgäuer Überlandwerk invests four million euros in renovation in Lechbruck. Retrieved January 21, 2019 .