Rheinfelden Germany is a 50MW hydro power project. It is located on Rhine river/basin in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. 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. The project construction commenced in 2003 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in 2010. Buy the profile here.
Description
The project is currently owned by EnBW Energie Baden-Wurttemberg.
Rheinfelden Germany is a run-of-river project. The hydro reservoir capacity is 1,500 million cubic meter. The gross head of the project is 8.5m. The project generated 600 GWh of electricity. The project cost is $504.28m.
Development status
The project construction commenced in 2003 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in 2010.
Contractors involved
Voith Hydro Holding was selected as the turbine supplier for the hydro power project. The company provided 2 units of kaplan turbines, each with 25MW nameplate capacity.
GE Renewable Energy supplied 2 electric generators for the project.
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