Power plant · Salzburg, Austria
Wasserkraftwerk Werfen
Wasserkraftwerk Werfen is a hydroelectric power plant in Salzburg, Austria, with 16 MW of capacity, operated by Salzburg AG.
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 | 2009 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Salzburg AG | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 16 MW | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Hydro | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 47.4707, 13.1941 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
Request researchHow it compares
Wasserkraftwerk Werfen is the 9th-largest of 10 power plants in Salzburg and the 110th-largest of 123 in Austria by capacity; its 16 MW is <0.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salzburg | 9th of 10 | 1,237 MW | 1.3% |
| Austria | 110th of 123 | 22,272 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 6,400th of 12,230 | 1,691,896 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 3 substations and 2 CO2 emitters (559,361 tCO2e), measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leube Zement GmbH - Zementwerk | CO2 emitter | 288,353 tCO2e | — | 31 km |
| Umspannwerk Bad Reichenhall Nord | Substation | — | — | 38 km |
| 110 kV substation L1 186/2A;L2 186/1A | Substation | — | — | 38 km |
| Umspannwerk Hirschloh | Substation | — | — | 39 km |
| Veitsch-Radex Hochfilzen | CO2 emitter | 271,008 tCO2e | — | 42 km |
Operator and place
More from Salzburg AG
Other power plants in Salzburg
- Limberg II480 MW
- Kaprun-Hauptstufe220 MW
- Limberg I160 MW
- Flusskraftwerk Schwarzach120 MW
- Wasserkraftwerk Hintermuhr104 MW
- Kraftwerk Enzingerboden80 MW
- Dießbach power plant26 MW
- Kreuzbergmaut Hydroelectric Power Station17.7 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.
- 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.