HEPP Hinterdorf in Engi / Switzerland

The low head run-of-river power plant of Weseta Kraftwerke AG is located in the village of Hinterdorf in Engi, in the ‘Kleintal’, and was fundamentally renewed.

  • New weir with new flap gate
  • New intake and sedimentation basin
  • Penstock DN2200 instead of open channel
  • Power house with vertical axis Kaplan turbine
  • Rehabilitation and lowering tailrace channel

Données principales

  • River: Sernf
  • Underground penstock in GRP: DN2200, L = 550 m
  • Nominal flow: 7 m3/s
  • Hydraulic head: 10 m
  • Nominal power: 530 kW
  • Annual production: 2.5 GWh

Maître d'ouvrage

Weseta Kraftwerke AG, Engi

Ingénieurs du projet

IM Maggia Engineering Ltd, Locarno

Période

2011–2012

Coûts de construction

CHF 5.5 Mio.

Prestations

 

 

According to the Swiss standards (SIA Phases):

preliminary design (31), final design (32), tendering (41), construction design (51), construction supervision.