Niezelgrund hydropower plant

Niezelgrund hydropower plant
Weir system and the water channel from the power plant built on a viaduct
location
Saxony , Germany
Coordinates	50 ° 59 '44 "  N , 14 ° 0' 6"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 59 '44 "  N , 14 ° 0' 6"  E
country	Germany
Waters	Wesenitz
Data
Primary energy	water
power	0.215 MW
operator	Association for the Promotion of the Use of Renewable Energies and Sachsenkraft GmbH
Start of operations	1910
turbine	Kaplan turbine

The Niezelgrund hydropower plant is a listed small hydropower plant in Saxony and is located between Porschendorf and Lohmen an der Wesenitz .

history

The power plant is based on a weir system built in 1877 which initially powered neighboring machines in the Weber & Niezel wood grinding shop and cardboard factory by means of transmission . In 1910, a Francis turbine and electric generator with an installed capacity of 180 kW were put into operation to generate electrical energy , followed by the expansion of a second turbine with 80 kW in 1932. After the Second World War, the weir system was partially repaired in 1963. In 1969 the power plant was shut down due to inefficiency and the plant was left to decay. After turning took place in 2000, a restart with a Kaplan turbine , the drop height is 10.4 m and an installed capacity of 215 kW at a flow rate of up to 2.6 m³ / s. A residual amount of water of at least 0.45 m³ / s remains in the Wesenitz.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Cultural monument in Lohmen, Saxony, identification / ID 09254342
2. ↑ History of the Niezelgrund hydropower plant. Retrieved March 17, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Niezelgrund hydropower plant. Retrieved March 17, 2018 . 

Web links

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