Electrabel Power Station

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The installation serves for adapting the provisioning in energy (constant) for the nuclear power station of 'Tihange' to the (variable) needs of the network.
Six turbines are lined up in a rock cut out engine room of 128 m long, 22 m wide and 40 m high. They can work as turbine or pump.

Built: 1967-1980.
Pump flow: 415 m³ per second.
Turbine flow: 500 m³ per second.
Capacity: 1100 MegaWatt

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Coordinates: 50°23'1"N 5°51'37"E

Solar field 88 km
Cattenom Nuclear Power Plant 110 km
Mülheim-Kärlich Nuclear Power Plant (closed) 115 km
Solar field 117 km
Achtelsbach Wind Farm 120 km
Anoux-Saint-Saumont Wind farm 124 km
Solar field 138 km
Völklingen-Fenne power plant 146 km
Michelin 157 km
MAINZ power station 174 km

Coo lower reservoir 0.8 km
Spa Francorchamps circuit (historical layout) 9 km
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 10 km
Sunparks Ardenne 10 km
Plaine de manoeuvre de Creppe 11 km
Spa Airfield 12 km
Royal Golf Club des Fagnes 14 km
Safari Park Le Monde Sauvage 15 km
the ground fortress 17 km
Comblain-au-Pont (municipality) 23 km

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Coo lower reservoir Spa Francorchamps circuit (historical layout) Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Sunparks Ardenne Plaine de manoeuvre de Creppe Spa Airfield Royal Golf Club des Fagnes Safari Park Le Monde Sauvage the ground fortress Comblain-au-Pont (municipality)