Power plant · Austria
Ottensheim-Wilhering Power Plant
Ottensheim-Wilhering Power Plant is a hydroelectric power plant in Austria, with 179 MW of capacity, owned by Verbund.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Austria | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Upper Austria | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (commissioned) | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1975 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1970 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Verbund | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Verbund | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 179 MW | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Run-of-river hydro (registered as Hydro Run-of-river and poundage) | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Run-of-river hydro | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| EIC code | 14W-BOW-KW-----9 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 48.3170, 14.1510 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the owner.
Request researchAlso recorded as
2 sources record Ottensheim-Wilhering; this page joins their facts, each with its own source. Links to any of the records lead here. How records are matched.
| Name in the source | Identifier | Source | Matched on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ottensheim-Wilhering | asset:eic:14W-BOW-KW-----9 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) | — |
| Ottensheim-Wilhering power station | asset:wikidata:Q1786174 | Wikidata | Same name, coordinates and capacity |
How it compares
Ottensheim-Wilhering is the 46th-largest of 123 power plants in Austria by capacity; its 179 MW is 0.8% of the 22,272 MW we hold for Austria. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 46th of 123 | 22,272 MW | 0.8% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,727th of 12,230 | 1,691,896 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Started operating
- Started operating
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 6 CO2 emitters (10,741,446 tCO2e) and 1 substation, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 4, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linz Strom FHKW Mitte | CO2 emitter | 278,933 tCO2e | — | 13 km |
| voestalpine Stahl GmbH - Kalkwerk Steyrling | CO2 emitter | 321,951 tCO2e | — | 13 km |
| Voestalpine Stahl Linz | CO2 emitter | 8,866,634 tCO2e | — | 13 km |
| Umspannwerk Jochenstein | Substation | — | — | 40 km |
Owner, operator and place
More from Verbund
Other power plants in Austria
- KW Simmering1,272 MW
- GDK-Mellach838 MW
- Mellach CC power plant838 MW
- Malta-Hauptstufe730 MW
- Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant700 MW
- Kraftwerk Theiß615 MW
- illwerke vkw Kopswerk II525 MW
- KW Silz500 MW
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- European Commission, Union Registry. EU Union Registry public data, CC BY 4.0.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass). OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass), ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.