The Salzach River
With 225 km length from its source in the Kitzbueheler Alps to its confluence with the Inn near Haiming, the Salzach is the Inn's longest tributary and has the greatest volume of water.
Gries: the youngest power plant on the Salzach
In 2019, VERBUND and Salzburg AG opened the youngest power plant on the Salzach. Gries can supply 10,000 households with electricity from hydropower every year. Fish pass und river restoration measures are now a matter of course.
Discover the Gries power plant Our Power plants at the Salzach
| Power plant | Output | Annual generation | Initial operation | Region | Waterbody | Turbines |
| Bischofshofen | 16 MW | 70,200 MWh | 1986 | Austria, Salzburg | Salzach | Kaplan |
| Gries | 9 MW | 42,000 MWh | - | Austria, Salzburg | Salzach | |
| Kreuzbergmaut | 18 MW | 80,000 MWh | 1996 | Austria, Salzburg | Salzach | Kaplan |
| Schwarzach | 120 MW | 482,300 MWh | 1960 | Austria, Salzburg | Salzach | Francis |
| St. Johann | 16 MW | 71,200 MWh | 1991 | Austria, Salzburg | Salzach | Kaplan |
| St. Veit | 16 MW | 67,000 MWh | 1989 | Austria, Salzburg | Salzach | Kaplan |
| Urreiting | 16 MW | 76,200 MWh | 1986 | Austria, Salzburg | Salzach | Kaplan |
| Wallnerau Salzach stage | 13 MW | 38,300 MWh | 1990 | Austria, Salzburg | Salzach | Kaplan |
| Wallnerau tailwater stage | 5 MW | 20,700 MWh | 1989 | Austria, Salzburg | Salzach | Kaplan |
| Werfen-Pfarrwerfen | 16 MW | 81,600 MWh | 2009 | Austria, Salzburg | Salzach | Kaplan |
Information on the levels of the Salzach on the part of the Salzburg provincial government (German only)
