Limberg 3 pumped storage power plant
The Kaprun upper stage/Limberg 3 pumped storage power plant is located in the municipality of Kaprun in the province of Salzburg and forms part of a large generation group of storage reservoirs and power plants.
For this purpose, a third transformer and power plant cavern will be built into the mountain next to the existing power plants of the "Kaprun Upper Stage" (Limberg 1 and 2) and will be connected to the existing reservoirs Mooserboden and Wasserfallboden with a headrace tunnel.
Machine
set quantity
Flow rate
per pump turbine set in m3/s
Power in megawatts
Two pump turbines with each
Investment
in Mio. Euro
Lifting the ribbed shaft into position in October 2023
Limberg 3 power plant construction site in April 2023
Site visit autumn 2022: in the Limberg 3 cavern
Limberg 3 construction site in summer 2022
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The Limberg III power plant project was approved in 2017. It is a pumped storage power plant with a capacity of 480 megawatts in Kaprun. Like Limberg II, which was commissioned in 2011, it will be built completely underground between the two existing reservoirs Mooserboden (storage target 2,036 m) and Wasserfallboden (storage target 1,672 m).
It is also planned to raise the level of the Wasserfallboden reservoir by 8 meters. The increase in the Limberg dam that is necessary can be realized by using existing construction reserves while maintaining unrestricted dam safety. The necessary approval documents will be submitted to the responsible authorities in the next few weeks.
Impressions of the ceremonial start of construction of Limberg 3
Technical data Limberg power plant
| Average drop height | 365 m |
| Machine set quantity | 2 |
| Turbine / pump power | 2 x 240 MW |
| Flow rate per pump turbine set | 72 m3/s |
| Total height of a machine set | 18,5 m |
Site sketch of the Limberg 3 project
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