| Owner | VERBUND Hydro Power GmbH, Salzburg AG |
|---|---|
| Operator | VERBUND Hydro Power GmbH |
| Commissioning | 2025 |
| Type | Project, Run-of-river power plant |
| Country | Austria |
| Region | Salzburg |
| Waters | Salzach |
| Output | 14 MW |
| Annual output | 72,800 MWh |
| Turbine | Kaplan |
| Connectivity | Fish bypass under construction |
Stegenwald joint venture power plant: electricity from renewable energy for Salzburg
Stegenwald joint venture power plant
The Stegenwald joint venture power plant is a project of VERBUND and Salzburg AG for more electricity from the Salzach.
The Salzach has been reliably supplying electricity from hydropower for decades. With the Stegenwald joint venture power plant, around 20,000 more households can be supplied with electricity from clean, domestic hydropower. The construction is not creating a classic reservoir in the area of Stegenwald. Instead, the Salzach will be retained as a flowing body of water and additionally widened. Nowadays, a modern fish pass is a part of the ecological standard. The natural jewel of the Salzachöfen Gorge remains unaffected by the construction.
Groundbreaking for Stegenwald joint venture power plant on 30 June 2023
Groundbreaking for Stegenwald
With a joint groundbreaking for the Stegenwald joint venture project, the project partners VERBUND, Salzburg AG and representatives of the province of Salzburg celebrated the start of construction. Salzburg's newest power plant on the Salzach can cover the annual electricity demand of 20,000 households with a capacity of 14.3 megawatts and an annual output of 72.8 gigawatt hours.
Press release on the groundbreaking at Stegenwald 