Weyer Run-of-River Power Plant

Weyer Run-of-River Plant is located in the municipality of Weyer in Upper Austria

35,570 households

supplies the Weyer power plant

118,818 avoided
tonnes of CO₂*

Fish bypass is being planned

€6 million in 2018

for a new set of machinery

*Source: ENTSO-E Production 2017

The Weyer barrage stage lies on the “Weyer bend” of the Enns between the power plants at Schönau and Großraming. The power plant generates an annual average of 160 GWh of electricity from hydropower.

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Owner	Ennskraftwerke AG
Operator	Ennskraftwerke AG
Commissioning	1969
Type	Run-of-river power plant
Country	Austria
Region	Upper Austria
Waters	Enns
Output	37 MW
Annual output	159,700 MWh
Turbine	Kaplan
Connectivity	Fish bypass is in the planning process

Ecology & environmental protection

A fish bypass for the Weyer location is currently being planned. A feasibility study of ecological measures on the Enns was carried out in 2017 by the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (commissioned by: Office of the Provincial Government of Upper Austria, Office of the Provincial Government of Styria, Ennskraftwerke AG and VERBUND Hydro Power GmbH).

Hydropower studies

Turbines and generators: Two Kaplan turbines with a bottleneck capacity of 36.8 MW generate an annual average of approx. 160 GWh.

Transformer: The plant has a 23,800 kVA machine transformer for raising the voltage from 9 kV to 121 kV. The electricity is fed into the 110 kV Amstetten-Küpfern line of Austrian Federal Railways.