Power plant · Vorarlberg, Austria
Walgauwerk Power Plant
Walgauwerk Power Plant is a hydroelectric power plant in Vorarlberg, Austria, with 86 MW of capacity, owned by illwerke vkw.
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 | Vorarlberg | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1984 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | illwerke vkw | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 86 MW | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Hydro | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 47.1989, 9.6697 | 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
Walgauwerk is the 7th-largest of 13 power plants in Vorarlberg and the 75th-largest of 128 in Austria by capacity; its 86 MW is 0.37% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vorarlberg | 7th of 13 | 2,058 MW | 4.2% |
| Austria | 75th of 128 | 23,421 MW | 0.37% |
| All power plants in our data | 2,784th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 5 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 3.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Umspannwerk Lindau | Substation | — | — | 40 km |
| Umspannwerk Lindenberg | Substation | — | — | 46 km |
| Umspannwerk Weiler | Substation | — | — | 47 km |
Owner and place
More from illwerke vkw
- Kopswerk II525 MW
- Obervermuntwerke360 MW
- Kopswerk247 MW
- Kraftwerk Oberstufe Lutz193 MW
- Vermuntwerk157 MW
- Kraftwerk Unterstufe Lutz86 MW
- Langenegg power station74 MW
- Alberschwende power station30 MW
Other power plants in Vorarlberg
- Kopswerk II525 MW
- Obervermuntwerke360 MW
- Kopswerk247 MW
- Stausee Kops245 MW
- Kraftwerk Oberstufe Lutz193 MW
- Vermuntwerk157 MW
- Kraftwerk Unterstufe Lutz86 MW
- Langenegg power station74 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.
- 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.