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Vertical Kaplan runner replacement

Central Europe

Project Stats

Capacity:

7 MW per unit

Head:

10 m (33 ft)

Unit diameter:

3.8 m (13 ft)

Unit type:

Variable-pitch Kaplan (minimum-gap)

Blades per unit:

Commission date:

Feasibility study completed 2024

This is an runner replacement project to upgrade an existing hydropower plant and provide downstream passage for eel and salmonids. The FishSafe runner will use the existing generator and will not require any changes to the existing civil works (including the discharge ring aka runner casing). Some guide vanes will be modified.

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