Power plant · Tyrol, Austria

Kirchbichl power station

Kirchbichl power station is a hydroelectric power plant in Tyrol, Austria, with 193 MW of capacity, owned by TIWAG-Tiroler Wasserkraft AG.

Facts

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Fact	Value	Source
Location	Tyrol	Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Start year	1941	Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Owner	TIWAG-Tiroler Wasserkraft AG	Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	TIWAG-Tiroler Wasserkraft AG	Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity	193 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	47.5161, 12.0878	Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Kirchbichl power station is the 7th-largest of 15 power plants in Tyrol and the 42nd-largest of 123 in Austria by capacity; its 193 MW is 0.87% 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
Tyrol	7th of 15	2,800 MW	6.9%
Austria	42nd of 123	22,272 MW	0.87%
All power plants in our data	1,683rd of 12,230	1,691,896 MW	<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this power plant: 43 substations and 2 CO2 emitters (839,901 tCO2e), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 5, up to 3 per kind.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
Flintsbach substation	Substation	—	—	23 km
Umspannwerk Flintsbach	Substation	—	—	23 km
Nußdorf substation	Substation	—	—	26 km
Werk SPZ Rohrdorf	CO2 emitter	568,893 tCO2e	—	32 km
Veitsch-Radex Hochfilzen	CO2 emitter	271,008 tCO2e	—	41 km

Owner, operator and place

Other power plants in Tyrol

Sellrain-Silz hydro power plant group500 MW
Gepatschspeicher392 MW
Kraftwerk Häusling360 MW
Speicherkraftwerk Mayrhofen345 MW
Langkampfen power station315 MW
Kraftwerksgruppe Zemm-Ziller231 MW
Gemeinschaftskraftwerk Inn89 MW
Imst power station89 MW

All 15 power plants in Tyrol, Austria

Data on this page

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