Inauguration of hydro power station Bürglen, Switzerland
The new power station Bürglen of the AXPO- Kleinwasserkraft AG was formally inaugurated on September 5th, 2016. With the new Kaplan turbine of W&B the regular annual production could be increased by 40% to 7 GWh.
In addition to the new turbine complete new hydraulic steel structures were delivered by W&B, mainly:
- 1 fully automatic trashrack with folding arm trashrack cleaner
- 2 rapid-action opening gates
- 1 intake sluice gate of stainless steel
Follow the link to Hydro-ZEK issue