Country Germany Status Operational Upper res. capacity 2.0×10^ m (2.0 hm) Construction began 1960 | Location Wendefurth Commission date 1967 (1967) Operator Vattenfall (Germany) Nameplate capacity 80 | |
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Official name Pumpspeicherwerk Wendefurth Similar Wendefurth Dam, Zillierbach Dam, Rappbode Dam, Markersbach Pumped Storage P, Goldisthal Pumped Storage S | ||
Wendefurth Power Station (German: Pumpspeicherwerk Wendefurth) is a pumped-storage hydroelectric power station on the reservoir of the Wendefurth Dam near Wendefurth in the Harz mountains of central Germany.
The power station has an upper reservoir on the mountain top which stores the water. The two penstocks have a diameter of 3.4 metres (11 ft). The two installed Francis pump turbines can deliver 80 MW. As of 2012 the plant has since its commissioning in 1967 produced 4,105 GWh, corresponding to an average annual production of 91 GWh.
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