Gaming water pipeline power plant
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| Coordinates | 47 ° 56 '31 " N , 15 ° 5' 47" E | |
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 Austria Lower Austria
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| place | Gaming | |
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| owner | Wien Energie | |
| operator | Wien Energie | |
| construction time | 3 years | |
| Start of operation | 1926 | |
| Listed since | ID: 19086 | |
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| Standard work capacity | 48 million kWh / year | |
| Turbines | 2 + 1 Francis turbines | |
| Generators | 2 alternators (50 Hz) | |
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The water pipeline power plant Gaming in Gaming in Lower Austria is operated with the drinking water of the Second Vienna High Spring Water Pipeline (HQL). Kraftwerk Gaming is wholly owned by Wien Energie , and Naturkraft GmbH is the operator . For this reason, the area around Lunz and Göstling is also the supply area of Wien Energie Stromnetz instead of the usual Lower Austrian state energy supplier EVN .
The idea to build this power plant already existed at the time of the construction of the Second Vienna High Spring Pipeline , but was not profitable at the time. This only changed with the construction of the Opponitz power station in Opponitz and the Gresten substation .
Gaming i
The Gaming I power plant, consisting of a two-storey turbine hall and service rooms, was built between 1923 and 1926 by the Viennese electricity company. The main reason for this was the supply of the Vienna Electric Light Rail , which started operating in 1925.
The elevation difference of 220 meters existing on the eleven kilometer stretch from Lunz am See to Gaming-Pockau is used to generate energy .
Starting from the second high spring water pipeline near Grubberg, a 7,950 meter long tunnel with a slight gradient up to the moated castle was built. From there, the drinking water overcomes the height difference of 188 meters in a 588 meter long pressure pipeline to the Gaming I power plant, which is equipped with two Francis turbines . The water is then either fed into the pressure pipe of Gaming II or directly back into the high spring pipe.
Gaming I delivers around 42,000 megawatt hours annually , which corresponds to an average output of 4.8 megawatts and the average energy requirement of around 17,000 households.
Gaming II
After plans for a second power plant in Gaming had been put aside in the 1950s due to inefficiency, they were re-examined and implemented in the 1980s from the perspective of further developed power plant technology.
The water pressure prevailing at the end of the 2,250 meter long pressure pipeline after a usable head of 28.7 meters is used by means of a Francis spiral turbine. The electrical energy generated here is fed into the network at 110 kilovolts via the Gaming I power plant .
Gaming II delivers around 6,000 megawatt hours annually, which corresponds to an average output of 685 kilowatts.
literature
- Dehio: Lower Austria south of the Danube. Part 1: A - L. ISBN 3-85028-364-X .
