hydro power

There is a nice set of panoramic views on hydropower plants on the energo-pro website.

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These are all lovely buildings, there is not much hydropower in Belgium and I wondered if there also would be similar buildings. There are a few dams but their main purpose is to provide water, the surplus is then used to generate some power. Most of the power plants are well hidden, however I found one nice plant on flickr.

Bévercé power plant

This is the dam that feeds it.

source wikipedia

The construction was completed in 1928. The powerplant is 5km from the dam and connected via a 2m wide conduit.

There are some details here (pdf in french). Quite funny, a hydropower plant and no water in sight..

Description de l’installation
• Construction entre 1925 et 1928
• Surface du lac artificiel de 57 hectares
• Capacité de 7.676.000 m³
• Altitude de 495,15 m
• Hauteur totale du barrage de 54,5 m
• Longueur du mur barrage = 182 m
• Epaisseur du mur à la base: 38 m; à la crête: 4 m
• Conduite d’amenée vers Bévercé d’une longueur de 5.468 m et un dénivelé de 22,5m
avec un diamètre de 2 m
• Conduite forcée de 265 m, diamètre 1,8 m et dénivelé de 99 m
• Centrale hydro-électrique de Bévercé: 3 groupes Francis, hauteur de chute de 151 m
• Puissance installée de 9.200 KW
• Production annuelle moyenne de 21.640 MWh

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