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Das Pumpspeicherkraftwerk Langenprozelten zwischen dem namensgebenden Ort und Partenstein im unterfränkischen Landkreis Main-Spessart (Bayern) wurde 1976 in Betrieb genommen. Es liefert nur Bahnstrom und ist ein wichtiges Spitzenlastkraftwerk im Bahnstromnetz. Eigentümer ist die Donau-Wasserkraft AG. Das Wasserkraftwerk hat mit seinen zwei Francis-Pumpturbinen eine Turbinenleistung von 164 MW und eine Pumpleistung von 154 Megawatt. Das Oberbecken liegt etwa 300 Höhenmeter oberhalb des Unterbeckens und ist mit diesem durch einen 1,3 km langen Druckstollen von nahezu vier Meter Durchmesser verbunden. Die maximale Fallhöhe ist 320 m. Das Oberbecken hat ein Fassungsvermögen von ca. 1,5 Mio. m³. Das maximale Energiespeichervermögen beträgt 950 MWh. Das im Unterbecken gestaute Gewässer ist der Sindersbach, der im Sommer meistens kein Wasser führt, deshalb wird bei Bedarf aus einem weiteren Rückhaltebecken, das 1,2 km unterhalb des Unterbeckens liegt, Wasser hochgepumpt. Quelle: Wikipedia

The Langenprozelten pumped-storage power station, located between the eponymous town and Partenstein in the district of Main-Spessart in Lower Franconia (Bavaria), was commissioned in 1976. It only supplies traction power and is an important peak load power station in the traction power network. The owner is Donau-Wasserkraft AG. The hydropower plant has a turbine output of 164 MW and a pumping output of 154 megawatts with its two Francis pump-turbines. The upper reservoir is located about 300 meters above the lower reservoir and is connected to it by a 1.3 km long pressure tunnel with a diameter of almost four meters. The maximum head is 320 m. The upper reservoir has a capacity of approx. 1.5 million m³. The maximum energy storage capacity is 950 MWh. The water stored in the lower reservoir is the Sindersbach, which is usually dry in the summer, so water is pumped from another retention basin, located 1.2 km below the lower reservoir, when needed. Source: Wikipedia

The Langenprozelten pumped-storage hydroelectric power plant, located between the town of the same name and Partenstein in the Main-Spessart district of Lower Franconia (Bavaria), was commissioned in 1976[2]. It supplies only railway power and is an important peak load power plant in the railway power grid. The owner is Donau-Wasserkraft AG. The hydroelectric power plant has a turbine capacity of 164 MW and a pumping capacity of 154 megawatts with its two Francis pump-turbines. The upper reservoir is located about 300 meters above the lower reservoir and is connected to it by a 1.3 km long pressure tunnel with a diameter of almost four meters. The maximum head is 320 m. The upper reservoir has a capacity of approx. 1.5 million m³. The maximum energy storage capacity is 950 MWh. The body of water stored in the lower reservoir is the Sindersbach stream, which is usually dry in the summer, so water is pumped up from another retention basin located 1.2 km below the lower reservoir when needed. Source: Wikipedia

The Langenprozelten pumped-storage hydroelectric power plant, located between the eponymous town and Partenstein in the Main-Spessart district (Bavaria), Lower Franconia, was commissioned in 1976. It only supplies railway power and is an important peak load power plant in the railway power network. The owner is Donau-Wasserkraft AG. The hydroelectric power plant has a turbine output of 164 MW and a pumping output of 154 megawatts with its two Francis pump-turbines. The upper reservoir is located about 300 meters above the lower reservoir and is connected to it by a 1.3 km long pressure tunnel with a diameter of almost four meters. The maximum head is 320 m. The upper reservoir has a capacity of approx. 1.5 million m³. The maximum energy storage capacity is 950 MWh. The body of water stored in the lower reservoir is the Sindersbach, which usually carries no water in the summer, so water is pumped up from another retention basin, located 1.2 km below the lower reservoir, when needed. Source: Wikipedia

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