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| Station | Location | Geographical Coordinates | Capacity (MW) | Status | Refs |
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| Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant | Zwentendorf | 48°21′16″N15°53′05″E / 48.354444°N 15.884722°E | 692 MW | Completed but never in operation | [2] |
The following page lists all power stations in Austria . For generation of traction current see List of installations for 15 kV AC railway electrification in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, for that of Mariazeller Bahn, see Mariazeller Bahn#Power Supply.
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| Station | Location | Geographical Coordinates | Capacity (MW) | Status | Refs |
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| Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant | Zwentendorf | 48°21′16″N15°53′05″E / 48.354444°N 15.884722°E | 692 MW | Completed but never in operation | [2] |
| Station | Location | Coordinates | Electric Capacity (MW) | District heat Capacity (MW) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kraftwerk Simmering Biomasse | Vienna | 16 | 37,0 | ||
| Biomassekraftwerk Timelkam | Timelkam | 8 | 15,0 | ||
| Biomassekraftwerk Neudörfl | Neudörfl | 8 | 25,0 | 2006 - | |
| Biomasseheizkraftwerk Kufstein | Kufstein | 6,5 | 16 | ||
| Biomasseheizkraftwerk Steyr [3] | Steyr | 48°03′46″N14°27′27″E / 48.062809°N 14.457407°E | 5,7 | 20,0 | 2012 - |
| Biomasseheizkraftwerk Mödling | Mödling | 5,0 | 15,0 | 2006 - | |
| Biomasseheizkraftwerk Baden | Baden bei Wien | 47°59′33″N16°15′41″E / 47.99242°N 16.261525°E | 5,0 | 15,0 | 2006 - |
| Kraft-Wärme-Kopplung Längenfeld | Längenfeld | 1,1 | 11,7 | ||
| Station | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Häusling (Zillergründl) Power Plant | Mayrhofen | 47°08′46″N11°58′02″E / 47.14611°N 11.96722°E | 360 | |
| Kops II Pumped-storage Hydroelectric Power Station [4] | Gaschurn | 46°58′31″N10°02′41″E / 46.975278°N 10.044722°E | 450 | [5] |
| Kraftwerksgruppe Fragant Pumped-storage Hydroelectric Power Station [4] | Ausserfragant | 178 | [5] | |
| Malta-Reisseck Power Plant Group | Carinthia | 46°52′14″N13°19′46″E / 46.87056°N 13.32944°E | 1,026 | |
| Rodundwerk II Pumped-storage Hydroelectric Power Station | Vandans | 47°05′04″N9°52′29″E / 47.0845776°N 9.8746437°E | 276 | [5] |
| Kraftwerk Kaunertal | Kaunertal | 325 - 392 | ||
| Kraftwerk Imst Run-of-the-river Power Plant | Imst | 89 | ||
| Kraftwerksgruppe Sellrain-Silz | Kühtai | 781 | ||
| Achenseekraftwerk | Jenbach | 79 | ||
| Kraftwerk Kirchbichl Run-of-the-river Power Plant | Kirchbichl | 25 | ||
| Kraftwerk Langkampfen Run-of-the-river Power Plant | Langkampfen | 32 | ||
| Amlach power station | Amlach | 60 | ||
| Freudenau | Vienna | 172 | [6] |
Pumped-storage hydroelectricity (PSH), or pumped hydroelectric energy storage (PHES), is a type of hydroelectric energy storage used by electric power systems for load balancing. The method stores energy in the form of gravitational potential energy of water, pumped from a lower elevation reservoir to a higher elevation. Low-cost surplus off-peak electric power is typically used to run the pumps. During periods of high electrical demand, the stored water is released through turbines to produce electric power. Although the losses of the pumping process make the plant a net consumer of energy overall, the system increases revenue by selling more electricity during periods of peak demand, when electricity prices are highest. If the upper lake collects significant rainfall or is fed by a river then the plant may be a net energy producer in the manner of a traditional hydroelectric plant.
Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower. Hydropower supplies one sixth of the world's electricity, almost 4,500 TWh in 2020, which is more than all other renewable sources combined and also more than nuclear power. Hydropower can provide large amounts of low-carbon electricity on demand, making it a key element for creating secure and clean electricity supply systems. A hydroelectric power station that has a dam and reservoir is a flexible source, since the amount of electricity produced can be increased or decreased in seconds or minutes in response to varying electricity demand. Once a hydroelectric complex is constructed, it produces no direct waste, and almost always emits considerably less greenhouse gas than fossil fuel-powered energy plants. However, when constructed in lowland rainforest areas, where part of the forest is inundated, substantial amounts of greenhouse gases may be emitted.
The Bath County Pumped Storage Station is a pumped storage hydroelectric power plant, which is described as the "largest battery in the world", with a maximum generation capacity of 3,003 MW, an average of 2,772 MW, and a total storage capacity of 24,000 MWh. The station is located in the northern corner of Bath County, Virginia, on the southeast side of the Eastern Continental Divide, which forms this section of the border between Virginia and West Virginia. The station consists of two reservoirs separated by about 1,260 feet (380 m) in elevation. It was the largest pumped-storage power station in the world until 2021, when it was surpassed by the Fengning Pumped Storage Power Station.
The Mingtan Dam is a dam that spans the Shuili River about 4 km (2.5 mi) downstream from the outlet of Sun Moon Lake in central Taiwan with a height of about 61.5 m (202 ft). It forms Mingtan Reservoir which is the lower reservoir for the Mingtan Pumped Storage Hydro Power Plant.
India is 5th globally for installed hydroelectric power capacity. As of 31 March 2020, India's installed utility-scale hydroelectric capacity was 46,000 MW, or 12.3% of its total utility power generation capacity. Additional smaller hydroelectric power units with a total capacity of 4,683 MW have been installed. India's hydroelectric power potential is estimated at 148,700 MW at 60% load factor. In the fiscal year 2019–20, the total hydroelectric power generated in India was 156 TWh with an average capacity factor of 38.71%.
The Zillergründl Dam is an arch dam on the Ziller River in the upper Ziller Valley of Tyrol state, Austria. It lies 16 km (10 mi) east of Mayrhofen. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and it supports a 360 MW pumped-storage power station. As part of the Zemm-Ziller Development, construction on the dam began in 1981 and, along with the Häusling Pumped Storage Power Plant, it was completed in 1986. The power plant was fully commissioned by 1988. The dam is the second tallest in Austria.
The Minghu Dam (Chinese: 明湖水壩; pinyin: Mínghú Shuǐbà, renamed the Takuan Dam, is a concrete gravity dam on the Shuili River located 7 km north of Shuili Township in Nantou County, Taiwan. The reservoir formed by the dam serves as the lower reservoir for the Minhu Pumped Storage Hydro Power Station. Sun Moon Lake serves as the upper reservoir.
As of 2018, hydroelectric power stations in the United Kingdom accounted for 1.87 GW of installed electrical generating capacity, being 2.2% of the UK's total generating capacity and 4.2% of UK's renewable energy generating capacity. This includes four conventional hydroelectric power stations and run-of-river schemes for which annual electricity production is approximately 5,000 GWh, being about 1.3% of the UK's total electricity production. There are also four pumped-storage hydroelectric power stations providing a further 2.8 GW of installed electrical generating capacity, and contributing up to 4,075 GWh of peak demand electricity annually.
