Power plant · Salzburg, Austria
Limberg I Power Plant
Limberg I Power Plant is a pumped storage power plant in Salzburg, Austria, with 160 MW of capacity, owned by Verbund Hydro Power.
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 | Salzburg | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1956 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Verbund Hydro Power | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Verbund Hydro Power | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 160 MW | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Pumped hydro storage | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 47.1972, 12.7192 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 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 researchHow it compares
Limberg I is the 3rd-largest of 10 power plants in Salzburg and the 53rd-largest of 128 in Austria by capacity; its 160 MW is 0.68% of the 23,421 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salzburg | 3rd of 10 | 1,237 MW | 13% |
| Austria | 53rd of 128 | 23,421 MW | 0.68% |
| All power plants in our data | 2,034th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 1 CO2 emitter (271,008 tCO2e), measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veitsch-Radex Hochfilzen | CO2 emitter | 271,008 tCO2e | — | 31 km |
Owner, operator and place
More from Verbund Hydro Power
Other power plants in Salzburg
- Limberg II480 MW
- Kaprun-Hauptstufe220 MW
- Flusskraftwerk Schwarzach120 MW
- Wasserkraftwerk Hintermuhr104 MW
- Kraftwerk Enzingerboden80 MW
- Dießbach power plant26 MW
- Kreuzbergmaut Hydroelectric Power Station17.7 MW
- Wasserkraftwerk Werfen16 MW
Data on this page
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- 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.
- 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.