Hydroelectric Power Plants in Belgium & the Netherlands

Andenne Location: Belgium Operator: EDF Luminus Configuration: 3 X 3.05 MW Straflow Operation: 1980 T/G supplier: Sulzer Escher Wyss Quick facts: This plant is at the Andenne lock on the Meuse. Annual production is about 40 GWh. The Andenne power station is controlled remotely starting from the control room at the downstream Ivoz-Ramet plant. The Straflow turbines are 3.55m in diameter. Photograph courtesy of SPE-Luminus Posted 30 Dec 2007	Butgenbach Location: Belgium Operator: Electrabel Configuration: 1 X 1.79 MW Operation: 1933 T/G supplier: ?? Quick facts: Bütgenbach Lake, located in the Amblève watershed of the Haute Ardenne, is an artificial lake fed primarily by water Warche and Holzwarche. During the summer of 2004, Electrabel undetook major dam maintenance and repair works that required the complete emptying of the 120ha lake. Annual productionof the SHP at the dam is 2 GWh. Photograph courtesy of Electrabel Posted 15 Mar 2013	Ivoz-Ramet Location: Belgium Operator: EDF Luminus Configuration: 3 X 3.4 MW Kaplan Operation: 1954 T/G supplier: Voest Photograph courtesy of SPE-Luminus Posted 30 Dec 2007
Maurik Location: Netherlands Operator: Nuon NV Configuration: 4 X 2.5 MW Kaplan Operation: 1988 T/G supplier: Voest, Holec Quick facts: This SHP is on the Amerongen Weir on the River Maas. Photograph by Vincent de Groot (wikimedia) Posted 7 Feb 2007	Mery Location: Belgium Operator: Merytherm SA Configuration: 210 kW Operation: 1988 T/G supplier: ?? Quick facts: This is one of two small hydro plants operated by a local metal-working company. Photograph courtesy of Merytherm SA Posted 13 Jul 2005	Nisramont Rebuild Location: Belgium Operator: Societe Wallonne des Eaux Configuration: 2 X 621 kW Kaplan Operation: 2009 T/G supplier: Andritz Quick facts: This minihydro is on the SWDE water supply system which supplies over 200 municipalities and 2.5mn water customers in Wallonia. The original equipment comprised two 440-kW Fancis sets installed in 1954. In May 2007, SWEDE authorized the expenditure of €4mn to acquire and install two new, larger machines. Photograph by Jean-Pol Grandmont (wikimedia) Posted 26 Aug 2009

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