Lipno II hydropower plant

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Lipno II hydropower plant
Lipno II Dam, Vyšší Brod.jpg
Tributaries: Moldova
Drain: Moldova
Major cities nearby: Vyšší Brod
Lipno II hydropower plant (Czech Republic)
Lipno II hydropower plant
Coordinates 48 ° 37 '33 "  N , 14 ° 18' 14"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 37 '33 "  N , 14 ° 18' 14"  E
Data on the structure
Construction time: 1952-1959
Height of the barrier structure : 11.5 m (19.5 m above the foundation )
Crown length: 224 m
Crown width: 4 m
Data on the reservoir
Water surface about 45 hectaresdep1
Reservoir length approx. 2 kmdep1

The Lipno II hydropower plant is located on the Vltava River on the outskirts of Vyšší Brod in the Czech Republic and is part of the Vltava Cascade .

The real purpose of the dam is the irregular water discharge the storage power plant Lipno I am upriver Moldaustausee to buffer and achieve a more even flow of Vltava. From the underground power station Lipno I water flows through two shafts and occurs on the western shore of Lake Lipno II to light again . The actual course of the Vltava between the two power plants suffered from a lack of water for years. Since 1996 the 9 km long section has been supplied with a minimum water volume of 1.5 m³ / s.

The Lipno II dam is 224 m long, 11.5 m high and lies at a river kilometer 319.108. Here, too, it is partly an earth embankment and partly a gravity dam. The reservoir has an area of ​​about 12.4 ha, a volume of 1.6 million m³ and is at a height of 558  m nm. The power plant has a Kaplan turbine and delivers an output of 1.5 MW. Not far from today's power plant, there was already a power plant from 1902 to the 1950s, albeit without a dam.

The Rybník – Lipno nad Vltavou railway line runs along the north-east bank, and the Vyšší Brod klášter station is located directly below the dam.

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