Power plant · Styria, Austria
Mellach hydro power plant
Mellach hydro power plant is a hydroelectric power plant in Styria, Austria, with 15.6 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 | Styria | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1985 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Verbund | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 15.6 MW | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Run-of-river hydro | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 46.9115, 15.4859 | 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.
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Mellach hydro power plant is the 12th-largest of 15 power plants in Styria and the 117th-largest of 128 in Austria by capacity; its 15.6 MW is <0.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Styria | 12th of 15 | 1,341 MW | 1.2% |
| Austria | 117th of 128 | 23,421 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 8,049th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 3 CO2 emitters (1,205,646 tCO2e) and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verbund GDK-Mellach | CO2 emitter | 744,152 tCO2e | — | 0.9 km |
| Holcim Retznei | CO2 emitter | 264,932 tCO2e | — | 21 km |
| Sappi Gratkorn | CO2 emitter | 196,562 tCO2e | — | 27 km |
| EuroHPC Vega | AI supercomputer | 76 H100e | Operating | 41 km |
Owner and place
More from Verbund
Other power plants in Styria
- Mellach CC power plant838 MW
- Fernheizkraftwerk Neudorf-Werndorf164 MW
- Kraftwerk Hieflau63 MW
- Kraftwerk Sölk61 MW
- Pretul wind farm42 MW
- Arnstein power plant30 MW
- Kalsdorf power station19 MW
- Hochpürschtling wind farm18.5 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.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.