Turbines and generators in the Walchensee power plant © By Photographer: LuckyStarr - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=509721 CC BY 3.0

Turbines and generators in the Walchensee power plant

Image

Photo:
The photo shows the turbine hall in the Walchensee power plant near Kochel in Upper Bavaria, Germany. The horizontal Francis turbines are on the left and the associated generators are on the right.

English, Spanish (CREA), German
Image (2.0 MByte)
2018-07-13
The Walchensee power plant is one of Germany’s largest storage power plants.
When it was commissioned in 1924, it was one of the most modern storage power plants in the world. It uses two natural lakes, Lake Walchen as the upper reservoir and Lake Kochel as the lower reservoir. Through six 430 m pressure pipes with a slightly decreasing diameter from top to bottom of about 2 m, the water flows with a height of drop of over 200 m to the eight turbines in the power house. The eight turbines deliver approximately 300 million kilowatt-hours of environmentally friendly energy annually. Every year, some 100,000 visitors tour the information center at the Walchensee power plant.
There are no other media directly related to this file.
Illustration
Physics; Technology
Grade 5 to 6; Grade 7 to 9; Grade 10 to 13
Middle/high school; Vocational training
Energy; Generator; Hydroelectric plant; Power generation; Renewable energy; Turbine
Siemens Stiftung Media Portal
By Photographer: LuckyStarr - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=509721
© By Photographer: LuckyStarr - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=509721
Stay up-to-date!

About four times a year, we inform you about new media on this portal as well as current studies and events related to OER and STEM.

Media Portal newsletter – register now

About four times a year, we inform you about new media on this portal as well as current studies and events related to OER and STEM.

*Required fields


Language

Liebe Nutzerin, lieber Nutzer,
El Portal de Medios – das spanische Medienportal – ist umgezogen und heißt nun CREA.
Auf CREA finden Sie weiterhin hochwertige Medien für den MINT-Unterricht und vieles mehr.

Dear User,
El Portal de Medios - the Spanish Media Portal - has moved and is now called CREA.
On CREA, you will continue to find high-quality media for STEM education and much more.

Estimado usuario, estimada usuaria,
El Portal de Medios – en español – ha sido trasladado y ahora se llama CREA.
En CREA seguirá encontrando medios de alta calidad para la enseñanza de STEM, y mucho más.

Zu CREA wechseln / Switch to CREA / Cambiar a CREA
CREA - El Portal de Medios para la Enseñanza STEM

Hierbleiben / Stay here / Quédate aquí:
Fenster schließen / Close window / Cerrar ventana