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How Verbund optimizes the pumped storage process at Malta Oberstufe?

This groundbreaking innovation enables VERBUND to optimize the pumped storage process at Malta Oberstufe, a pumped storage plant belonging to the VERBUND’s Malta-Reisseck power generation group, which has a total turbine power of 1.500 Megawatt.

What is the main stage pumped storage power plant in Rottau?

The Malta Main Stage pumped storage power plant in Rottau is the core element of the Malta-Reisseck power plant group. The three-stage power plant group was constructed from 1971 to 1979.

Which pumped storage power plant is the most powerful?

With 730 MW, the Malta main stage pumped storage power plant is the most powerful. VERBUND offers its guests comprehensive and varied information on energy generation and also gives them a look behind the scenes at Energy World Malta on the Kölnbrein dam.

When was the pumped storage power plant built?

The pumped storage power plant was built between 1971 and 1979 with the financial participation of Kelag and Energie AG. The VERBUND power plant Malta main stage is a pumped storage power plant in Mölltal/Carinthia and the heart of the Malta-Reisseck power plant group.

What is pumped storage hydropower (PSH)?

Pumped Storage Hydropower (PSH) is an energy storage technology that is more than 100 years old andcurrently represents the cheapest option for long term storage of electrical energy at the lowest CO2 footprint. Traditional pumped storage plants run with a fixed-speed machine.

What makes Malta a good place to get electricity?

A network of reservoirs (Kölnbrein, Galgenbichl, Gößkar, Großer See and Kleine Mühldorfer See, as well as several small lakes on the Reißeck plateau) together with the pumped storage and storage power plants of the Malta group ensure that the region has a secure supply of electricity generated entirely from hydropower.