Kleinwasserkraftwerk Neuewelt - Münchenstein, BL, Switzerland
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N 47° 31.553 E 007° 37.287
32T E 396228 N 5264527
A small hydroelectric power plant on the river Birs near Münchenstein
Waymark Code: WMNJKC
Location: Basel Landschaft, Switzerland
Date Posted: 03/24/2015
Views: 6
The power plant was built in 1998 near a residential zone in the east of Münchenstein. It produces about 4 mio. KWh energy per year, that is about the use of 1,000 households.
The run-of-the-river plant uses a bevel gear bulb turbine with a diameter of 1.7 meters with a speed of 235 rotations per minute. The plant does not only produce energy, but does also control the flow of a medieval canal that branches off the river here. It was carefully designed in the aspect of ecology and has several ecological certificates.
Operational: yes
Type of power station: Run-of-the-river
Type of turbine: Other/Unknown
Operator: EBM
Visitor center: no
Date built: 01/01/1998
Generation capacity: 4 mio. KWh per year
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