Amlach power station () is a diversionary-

run-of-the-river hydroelectricity Run-of-river hydroelectricity (ROR) or run-of-the-river hydroelectricity is a type of hydroelectric generation plant whereby little or no water storage is provided. Run-of-the-river power plants may have no water storage at all or a limited amou ...

generating station on the

Drava The Drava or Drave (, ; ; ; ; ), historically known as the Dravis or Dravus, is a river in southern Central Europe.

river in

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

. The power station is operated by

Tiroler Wasserkraft Tiroler Wasserkraft AG (TIWAG) is an Austrian company that generates electricity from hydropower based in Innsbruck, Austria. The company mainly produces electricity through hydropower. The company operates several hydropower plants in the Tyro ...

(TIWAG) on river water flowing between Tassenbach, Strassen, Tyrol and Amlach, near

Lienz Lienz (; Southern Bavarian: ''Lianz'') is a medieval town in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is the administrative centre of the Lienz district, which covers all of East Tyrol. The municipality also includes the cadastral subdivision of ''Pat ...

. It is the only run-of-river power station in

Tyrol Tyrol ( ; historically the Tyrole; ; ) is a historical region in the Alps of Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary, f ...

. A small natural lake next to Tassenbach railway station is used for

water extraction Water extraction (also known as water withdrawal, water abstraction, and water intake) is the process of taking water from any source, either temporarily or permanently, for flood control or to obtain water for, for example, irrigation. The ex ...

and daily buffering also known as

pondage Pondage usually refers to the comparably small water storage behind the weir of a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power plant. Such a power plant has considerably less storage than the reservoirs of large dams and conventional hydroelectric station ...

. Then, the water flows via underground pipes down a height of to the power station at Amlach, where two 60-Megawatt

Francis turbine The Francis turbine is a type of water turbine. It is an inward-flow reaction turbine that combines radial and axial flow concepts. Francis turbines are the most common water turbine in use today, and can achieve over 95% efficiency. The pro ...

s are installed. Although GlobalData reports that both of the turbines have 34MW of nameplate capacity. After which the water is returnjed to the river Drava via a short

draft tube A draft tube is a diverging tube fitted at the exit of a turbine's runner and used to utilize the kinetic energy available with water at the exit of the runner. This draft tube at the end of the turbine increases the pressure of the exiting flui ...

and

tail race A mill race, millrace or millrun, mill lade (Scotland) or mill leat (Southwest England) is the current of water that turns a water wheel, or the channel (sluice) conducting water to or from a water wheel. Compared with the broad waters of a mil ...

.It has generated 219

GWh A kilowatt-hour ( unit symbol: kW⋅h or kW h; commonly written as kWh) is a non-SI unit of energy equal to 3.6 megajoules (MJ) in SI units, which is the energy delivered by one kilowatt of power for one hour. Kilowatt-hours are a commo ...

of electricity. The generator capacity is 42 MVA, divided amongst two generators. It has a catchment area of 422 km², a falling height of 370 metres, bottling capacity of 60 MW, and 219 GWh of standard working assets. For the official opening in March 1989, a special

charter train An excursion train is a chartered train run for a special event or purpose. Examples are trains to major sporting event, trains run for railfans or tourists, and special trains operated by the railway company for employees and prominent custom ...

transported guests, including Alois Partl, directly from

Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof (German language, German, 'Innsbruck Main Station' or 'Innsbruck Central Station') is the main railway station in Innsbruck, the capital city of the Austrian States of Austria, federal state of State of Tyrol, Tyrol. Open ...

to a temporary station on the

Drava Valley Railway The Drava Valley Railway (German: ''Drautalbahn'') is an east–west railway running along the Drava. It runs from Maribor (where it connects with the Spielfeld-Straß–Trieste railway, formerly part of the old Southern Railway (Austria), Souther ...

close to the power station.

References

Drava Amlach Economy of Tyrol (federal state) {{Austria-struct-stub

See also

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