Im Osten Islands entsteht ein neues Wasserkraftwerk, das ab 2008 eine neue Aluminiumhütte mit Energie versorgen soll.
Herzstück der Anlage sind zwei vertikale Penstock-Fallrohrleitungen, mit 420 Metern die höchsten der Welt.
Auch ihr Innendurchmesser von 3,4 Metern ist eindrucksvoll.
www.dillinger.deA new hydroelectric power generating plant is currently taking shape in the eastern region of Iceland, and will supply energy to a new aluminium smelter from 2008 onward.
The central element of the installation is made up of two vertical penstock-lines, the highest in the world, at 420 metres.
No less impressive is the internal diametre of these pipes, at 3.4 metres.
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