Schweich pumped storage power plant
| Schweich pumped storage power plant | ||
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| Coordinates | 49 ° 49 '16 " N , 6 ° 48' 28" E | |
| country | Germany | |
| place | Keep quiet | |
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| owner | SWT PSKW-Rio GmbH | |
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| Bottleneck performance | 300 megawatts | |
| Average height of fall |
200 m | |
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The Rio pumped storage power plant (also referred to as Schweich pumped storage power plant or Mosel pumped storage power plant ) is a planned 300 MW pumped storage power plant between Schweich , Longen , Mehring and Ensch in the Trier-Saarburg district in Rhineland-Palatinate . “Rio” is the working title of the client, Stadtwerke Trier with its company SWT PSKW-Rio GmbH, and recalls the 1992 climate protection conference in Rio de Janeiro .
The project includes two storage basins, each with a volume of around 6 million cubic meters and 45 to 70 hectares of water (according to other sources, 20 to 30 hectares). They have a height difference of 200 m. The upper basin is said to be on Mehringer Berg and Hummelsberg, the lower basin in the Kautenbach valley. For the first filling, water is taken from the Moselle .
The two storage basins are connected to one another by pipes. A hydropower plant with turbines and pumps is located in an underground cavern . In times of excess energy, water is to be pumped from the lower basin into the upper one, to be stored there and to be drained off again when there is an increased energy requirement, with electricity being generated with the turbines and generators.
The pumped storage power plant is primarily used to supply electricity to around 500,000 people in the districts of Trier-Saarburg and Bernkastel-Wittlich, the Eifel district of Bitburg-Prüm, the Vulkaneifel and the city of Trier .
The total planned construction costs amount to 450 million euros. Stadtwerke Trier has a 70% share in the project and the juwi group has a 30% share. In October 2017, the Trier public utility put the project on hold for the time being; the planning should be continued when the investment conditions for energy storage are better again.
In the 1960s / 1970s, the Schleicherberg pumped storage power plant with an output of 700 WM was planned, but it was never realized.
See also
Web links
- Pumped storage power plant (PSKW) Rio Stadtwerke Trier; accessed on February 13, 2014
- Development company plans Moselle pumped storage power plant November 26, 2013; accessed on February 13, 2014
- An important step for the 450 million project September 6, 2013; accessed on February 13, 2014
- Megaproject for the energy region takes shape April 12, 2011; accessed on February 13, 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ Megaproject for the energy region
- ↑ Stadtwerke Trier stop their pumped storage project for the time being . In: Euwid Neue Energie , October 31, 2017. Accessed October 31, 2017.