Baldeney hydropower plant

Baldeney hydropower plant
location
Coordinates	51 ° 23 '50 "  N , 7 ° 0' 4"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 23 '50 "  N , 7 ° 0' 4"  E
country	Germany / NRW
place	Food - Bredeney
Waters	Dysentery
power plant
owner	RWE
operator	RWE Innogy
construction time	1931-1933
Start of operation	June 22, 1933
technology
Average height of fall	8.7 m
Expansion flow	140 m³ / s
Standard work capacity	26.7 million kWh / year
Turbines	two Kaplan turbines a 5000 kW, another with 1000 kW
Others
Associated weir	Weir of the Baldeneysee
Website	RWE website
was standing	19th May 2016

The hydropower plant Baldeney is a hydropower plant in Essen district Bredeney on Roller Dam of Baldeneysees . It is operated by RWE Innogy .

history

The Baldeneysee was built from 1930 and was primarily intended to purify water in the Ruhr . However, from the beginning there was interest in using water power as an energy source. The hydropower plant, which was built for Rheinisch-Westfälische Elektrizitätswerke (RWE) between 1931 and 1933, was integrated into the steel roller weir on the northern bank.

power plant

With the congestion target of 51.75 meters, a fall height of 8.7 meters is achieved. The average flow rate is 140 m³ / s, the normal energy is 26.7 million kWh (26.7 GWh) per year. The two Kaplan turbines each have a maximum output of 5000 kW, another Kaplan pump is available as a return pumping station with 8 m³ / s, but can also be used to provide an additional 1000 kW output. The feed-in power is normally 9.2 MW.

The Baldeney hydropower plant is the largest of its kind on the Ruhr. Further downstream are the Kettwig run-of-river power station and upstream the Hohenstein and Hengstey power stations and the Stiftsmühle .

From May to October 2016, the power plant will be modernized by RWE with an investment of half a million euros.

The power station is part of the Route of Industrial Culture and can be visited from time to time.

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  Weir and power station

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  Information board on site explains a Kaplan turbine

Web links

Commons : Baldeney hydroelectric power station  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Description of all locations on this themed route as part of the Route of Industrial Culture
• The operator RWE Innogy to the power plant
• Ruhrverband to the Baldeney power plant
• Interior shots by Günter Pilger

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DerWesten.de from May 19, 2016: RWE is modernizing the waterworks at Lake Baldeney