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Pumped-storage hydro · grid battery

Kops II

operatingAustria · lower reservoir on the Ill

Turbine capacity: 450 MW
Energy storage: -
Gross head: 818 m
First unit: 2008

Three Pelton sets with separate pumps (525 MW pumping) between the Kops reservoir and the Rifa basin at Partenen

Nameplate figures and coordinates: illwerke vkw station page · 46.9817, 10.0475

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seasonal below area no shared status