Ellrich pumped storage power plant
| Ellrich pumped storage power plant | ||
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| location | ||
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 35 ′ 29 ″ N , 10 ° 44 ′ 0 ″ E | |
| country |
 Germany
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| place | Nordhausen | |
| Waters | Fuhrbach | |
| power plant | ||
| owner | Strabag | |
| construction time | 2016 [obsolete] –2021 | |
| technology | ||
| Bottleneck performance | after completion: 640 megawatts | |
| Others | ||
| was standing | 2014 | |
The Ellrich pumped storage power plant is being planned by the construction company Strabag . It should have an output of 640 MW and be located near Nordhausen on the southern edge of the Harz Mountains . The location is included in the “Pumped Storage Cadastre Thuringia” commissioned by the Ministry of Economics in 2011.
Project data
The lower basin is planned in the valley of the Bere tributary Fuhrbach with an area of around 40.8 ha. The Fuhrbach is to be dammed with a 48 meter high stone embankment .
The upper basin is to be built south of Rothesütte on the Kleiner Ehrenberg. Both basins will have a volume of 6.3 million m³. This enables a full load operation of 6 hours.
The construction costs are estimated at up to 750 million euros. Commissioning is planned for 2021 at the earliest.
criticism
The project was highly controversial among the population and among environmental protection associations and was the subject of numerous protests, political controversies and media reports from the start.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Schweinbach before the big leap: How the planned pumped storage plant divides a village. In: Ostthüringer Zeitung. September 26, 2015, accessed April 23, 2016 .
- ↑ Interview on planned pumped storage power plant. In: BUND. April 29, 2013, accessed April 23, 2016 .
- ↑ Adams calls for a round table on pumped storage power plants in Northern Thuringia. (No longer available online.) In: BÜNDNIS 90 / DIE GRÜNEN Kreisverband Nordhausen. October 9, 2013, archived from the original on April 23, 2016 ; accessed on April 23, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ FDP demands continuous transparency in planning for pumped storage power plants. In: Germany today. September 27, 2013, accessed April 23, 2016 .
- ↑ Strabag has an expert report for a 750 million euro pumped storage plant at Ellrich drawn up. In: Thuringian General. March 14, 2014, accessed April 23, 2016 .
- ↑ Strabag builds pumped storage power plant in Thuringia. In: Der Standard.at. April 24, 2013, accessed April 23, 2016 .
- ↑ Strabag is examining two locations for pumped storage power plants. In: Focus. April 24, 2013, accessed April 23, 2016 .
- ↑ Many questions about the South Harz pump storage plant. In: Thuringian General. July 12, 2013, accessed April 23, 2016 .
