Use of hydropower along the Wertach

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The river Wertach offers good conditions for the use of hydropower due to its abundance of water and significant gradient.

Dam and overflow of the Bärensee power plant near Kaufbeuren
Weir near Irsingen, without the use of hydropower
The Wertach and the Inningen barrage.
Dam of the Inningen barrage.
place Height of fall Flow power Operating time operator comment
Innings World icon 2600 kW MOVE
Bobingen World icon 2600 kW MOVE
Großaitingen World icon 2400 kW MOVE
Mittelstetten World icon 2400 kW MOVE
Schwabmünchen World icon 2600 kW MOVE
Hiltenfingen Weir World icon 900 kW
Siebnacher weir World icon 2060 kW
Ettringen, lower weir ( Lang Papier ) 800 kW Natural gas Swabia
Ettringen, upper weir 407 kW LEW
Türkheim, lower weir 1150 kW
Weir at Waltermühle Türkheim without the use of hydropower -
Mühlbach canal , junction at the Irsinger weir 504 kW
Irsinger weir without the use of hydropower -
Irsingener See World icon 1700 kW Stadtwerke Bad Wörishofen
Bingstetter See ?
Frankenhofen hydropower plant on the Frankenhofner See 7.22 m 12.5 m³ / s 750 kW + 750 kW VWEW
Schlingen hydroelectric power station (Schlingener See) 6.60 m 12 m³ / s 620 kW + 620 kW VWEW
Ingenried weir 2.50 - 3.30 m 13 m³ / s 310 kW
Leinau hydropower plant (side canal) 6.87 m 14 m³ / s 796 kW VWEW
Leinau weir in Kaufbeuren -
Mühlbach side canal in Kaufbeuren 9 m³ / s various Private
Hirschzeller weir in Kaufbeuren (Mühlbach branch) approx. 0.5 m³ / s -
Hirschzell power plant (Bärensee) 7.66 m 12.5 m³ / s 765 kW + 765 kW VWEW
Biessenhofen power plant (Bachtelsee) 9.33 m 12.5 m³ / s 920 kW + 920 kW VWEW
Ebenhofen hydropower plant 6.20 m 12 m³ / s 500 kW VWEW
Grüntensee 18 m 5.25 m³ / s + 5.25 m³ / s 520 kW + 520 kW Allgäu overland plant

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e BEW website  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.bew-augsburg.de  
  2. ↑ a b c d LEW actual value sheet EEG  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.9 MB) @1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.lew-verteilnetz.de  
  3. ↑ http://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/mindelheim/Strom-aus-der-Wertach-fuer-22-000-Haushalte-id42293156.html
  4. ↑ SWBW
  5. ↑ a b c d e VWEW ( Memento from December 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ Operator information ( Memento from December 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ Kraftwerke-Online.de
  8. ↑ Hirschzeller Wehr ( Memento from May 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ↑ Bärensee sailing community
  10. ↑ State Office for Environmental Protection Bavaria