Koepchenwerk pumped-storage plant

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The Koepchenwerk pumped-storage plant is a historic hydroelectric facility in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, known as one of the country’s earliest large-scale pumped-storage power stations for balancing electricity supply and demand.

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instanceOf hydroelectric power station
industrial heritage site
pumped-storage power station
architecturalStyle industrial architecture of the early 20th century
category Buildings and structures in North Rhine-Westphalia
Hydroelectric power stations in Germany
Industrial heritage in Germany
Pumped-storage power stations in Germany
commissioned 1930
constructionStart 1927
country Germany NERFINISHED
designedBy Arthur Koepchen NERFINISHED
gridConnection German power grid
hasGeneratingUnits 4
hasLowerReservoir Ruhr River NERFINISHED
hasPart control building
machine hall
penstocks
switchyard
upper reservoir
hasPurpose electricity storage
grid balancing
peak load power supply
hasTurbineType Francis turbine
hasUpperReservoir Koepchenwerk upper basin NERFINISHED
hasVisitorAccess yes
heritageDesignation industrial monument
listed building
heritageDesignationAppliesTo old machine hall
historicalSignificance one of the earliest large-scale pumped-storage plants in Germany
pioneering facility for balancing electricity supply and demand in Germany
inception 1930
locatedIn Herdecke NERFINISHED
North Rhine-Westphalia
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis NERFINISHED
locatedNear Dortmund NERFINISHED
locatedOn Ruhr River NERFINISHED
modernizedCapacity 153 MW
namedAfter Arthur Koepchen NERFINISHED
operator RWE NERFINISHED
originalCapacity 132 MW
ownedBy RWE NERFINISHED
status partly decommissioned
tourism guided tours available
usedFor load balancing for the RWE grid
supporting coal-fired power plants
uses pumped-storage hydroelectricity

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Hengsteysee nearbyStructure Koepchenwerk pumped-storage plant