Aarekraftwerk Gösgen - Niedergösgen, SO, Switzerland
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N 47° 22.091 E 007° 58.884
32T E 423094 N 5246582
The hydroelectric power plant of Gösgen was built in 1917 and is a listed building.
Waymark Code: WMPE8W
Location: Solothurn, Switzerland
Date Posted: 08/17/2015
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EN: The hydroelectric power plant of Gösgen is located on a 4.8-kilometers long side channel of the Aare between the municipalities Winznau and Niedergösgen.
The over one hundred-meter-wide building with an almost equally large outbuilding on the north bank is a listed heritage site of regional significance.
It was built in 1917 and is one of the largest river power plants on the Aare. Between 1997 and 2000 the machines were renewed and since then they supply an average of 300 GWh per year, about 12% more electricity with the same amount of water. One of the five Kaplan turbines is dedicated for the 16.7 Hz power grid of the Swiss Federal Railways.
DE: Das Aarekraftwerk Gösgen befindet sich an einem 4.8 Kilometer langen Seitenkanal der Aare zwischen den Gemeinden Winznau und Niedergösgen.
Das über hundert Meter breite Gebäude mit einem beinahe gleich grossen Nebengebäude am nördlichen Ufer steht unter kantonalem Denkmalschutz.
Es wurde 1917 erbaut und eines der grössten Flusskraftwerke an der Aare. Zwischen 1997 und 2000 wurden die Maschinen erneuert und liefern seither mit durchschnittlich 300 GWh pro Jahr etwa 12% mehr Strom bei gleicher Wassermenge. Von den fünf Kaplanturbinen ist eine für das 16.7 Hz Stromnetz der Schweizerischen Bundesbahnen bestimmt.
Operational: yes
Type of power station: Run-of-the-river
Type of turbine: Kaplan
Operator: Alpiq
Visitor center: yes
Date built: 01/11/1917
Generation capacity: 300 GWh (51.3 MW)
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