SITE REPORTS VIANDEN LUXEMBOURG – At the end of August Power awarded ANDRITZ Hydro with the 2017, ANDRITZ Hydro received the Final contract to supply a pump-turbine and the Acceptance Certificate (FAC) for unit #11 motor-generator for Vianden, the largest of the Vianden pumped storage power pumped storage power plant in Europe. plant in Luxembourg. Located in the Our This machine has a capacity of 200 MW Valley in the heart of the industrial areas of and is housed in a separate cavern. Northwest Europe between Luxembourg and Germany, the plant benefits from a The extensive warranty inspection of unit favorable topographical position, excellent #11 was carried out by the customer from geological conditions along the Our River. May until July 2017 and showed the excel- Vianden | Luxembourg lent condition of the pump-turbine and the PSPP Vianden has been operating since generator parts, although being in opera- Technical data: 1962 with nine generating units – ten units tion relatively frequently since its commis- Total output 1,296 MW since 1976. Due to the increasing need for sioning in September 2015. This was very Output scope: 1 × 200 MW balancing power, SEO (Société Eléctrique pleasing, not only for the customer but also Head: 295 m de l’Our S.A. Luxembourg) decided to for ANDRITZ Hydro and all the engineers Voltage: 15.75 kV expand the hydropower station with an involved. Speed: 333 rpm eleventh unit. In 2010, SEO and RWE Runner diameter: 4,262 mm With 11 units and a total generating capacity of about 1,296 MW, the PSPP Vianden provides renewable, sustainable AUTHOR peak power to the European grid. Hubert Schönberner ( see Cover Story page 18) [email protected] The successful completion of the guarantee period has strengthened the customer’s trust in ANDRITZ Hydro and the © SEO position of the company in the European hydropower market. Grand Duke Henri von Luxemburg and the german federal president Joachim Gauck are synchronizing unit #11 together For further content use the QR-Code on p.5.