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Power plant/ pumping station
Los Reyunos Rio Grande I Bendeela
Borumba Dam Centennial Cultana
Dungowan Glenbawn
Glennies Creek Goat Hill
Great Lake Highbury Jindabyne
Kangaroo Valley Kidston
Kidston Stage 2 (K2) Lake Burbury Lake Lyell
Mersey Forth-1 Mersey Forth-2
Middleback Ranges Phoenix
Pioneer/Burdekin Shoalhaven Snowy 2.0
Tumut 3/Talbingo Wivenhoe Ebensee Feldsee
Gosu IIIA Innerfragant Haselstein Häusling
Jochenstein-Reidl Kaprun-Oberstufe Kops I
Kopswerk II Kühtai
Kuhtai II
Limberg II Lünersee
Malta-Haupstufe Malta-Oberstufe Molln
Nassfeld
Obervermuntwerk II Oschenik Innerfragant Ottenstein
Ranna
Ranna-Falkenstein Reisseck
Reisseck II Reisseck II+ Rifa
Commissioning date of first unit
1978 1986 1977
planned planned planned
proposed planned planned proposed proposed proposed 1968 1977 n/s
planned proposed proposed proposed proposed planned planned planned 1977 u/c
1972 1982 n/s
2009 1974 1969 1987
planned 1956 1969 2009 1980 n/s
2011 1957 1976 1977 n/s
1983 n/s
1968 1956
1952
planned 1957
(2014) n/s
1969
Commissioning date of last unit
1986 1986 1977
(2030) n/s
(2023) n/s n/s n/s
2020 n/s n/s
1969 1977 n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s
(2022) n/s
(2030) n/s
2028 1974 1985 n/s
2011 n/s n/s
1988
planned 1956 1969 2009 n/s n/s
2012 n/s
1979 1979 n/s n/s
2018 n/s n/s
n/s
planned n/s
2015 n/s n/s
Units: No of units
2 4 2 -
- -
- - - - - -
2 2 - - - - - - - - -
2 -
6
(4) -
1 1 1
(4) 2
(4) -
3 2 -
2
(10) (6) 2 -
1 2
(6) (6)
(5) 2
(6) - -
2 Units: Machinery type
Francis, rev Francis, rev Francis, rev -
- -
- - - - - -
Francis, rev Francis, v - - - - - - - - - - -
(3) Francis + (3) pump (2) Francis + (2) c p Francis, pump Francis, pump Francis, rev Francis, rev
(2) Francis + (2) pump Pump turbines
(2) Francis + (2) pump -
(3) Pelton + (3) pump Francis, rev -
Pump
(5) Pelton + (5) pump (4) Pelton + (2) pump Isogyre pump turbine -
Turbine, rev Francis
(3) Pelton + (3) pump (4) Francis + (2) pump
Francis, rev
(3) Pelton + (3) pump - -
Turbine, rev
Units: No of stages
- -
1 -
- -
- - - - - - -
1 - - - - - - - - - - -
1 1 - - -
2 - - - -
3 - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - -
Plant turbine operation: Max total
rating now (MW)
112 750 80 -
- -
- - - - - - -
160 - - - - - - - - -
168 -
1500 500 - -
7 4
360 -
112.8 247 450 250 - -
232 730 120 -
28.5 360 108 47
(3) Francis + (1) Kaplan + (1) pump -19
-
138.1 - -
7
Plant turbine operation: Max total rating planned (MW)
224 - -
2000 600 225
300 770 623 230
500-700 300 - -
250 2000
500-700 -
500-700 500-700 110 800 - -
2200 1500 - -
140 - -
360 300 -
276 510 - -
480 - - -
300 - - - -
-
120 -
430 45 -
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