Baerenburg is a 220MW hydro power project. It is located on Rein Posteriur river/basin in Graubunden, Switzerland. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in a single phase. Buy the profile here.
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Description
The project was developed by Kraftwerke Hinterrhein. Others, Edison, Axpo Power, Alpiq Holding, BKW, Repower and IWB Renewable Power are currently owning the project having ownership stake of 34.5%, 20%, 19.5%, 9.28%, 7.72%, 6.5% and 2.5% respectively.
The hydro reservoir capacity is 200 million cubic meter. The gross head of the project is 321m.
Contractors involved
Voith Hydro Holding was selected as the turbine supplier for the hydro power project. The company provided 4 units of francis turbines, each with 55MW nameplate capacity.
Voith Hydro Holding supplied 4 electric generators for the project.
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About Kraftwerke Hinterrhein
Kraftwerke Hinterrhein AG (Kraftwerke Hinterrhein) is a power generation company that produces and distributes electricity. The company operates the hydropower plant combination in the canton of Grisons. Its processes water for the plants of KHR is taken at catchment area from runoff in water catchments, reservoirs, catch basin, and balancing reservoirs, among others. Kraftwerke Hinterrhein operates through dams such as the Valle di Lei reservoir, balancing reservoir Ferrera, dam Sufers and balancing reservoir Barenburg. The company developed a project with a head storage in the Italian Valle di Lei. Kraftwerke Hinterrhein is headquartered in Thusis, Switzerland.
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