Felsenau power plant

The Felsenau power plant ( _de. Kraftwerk Felsenau) is a hydroelectric power plant located on the river Aar in Berne, Switzerland. It was built in 1909 by the city's utility company, Energie Wasser Bern. After a 1989 modernisation, the turbine hall is now used as a museum. The plant's current power output is 11.5 megawatts.

The main building was designed by Eduard Locher and Alfred Brunschwyler in a then-popular historicising style as a "palace of technology". The 1989 expansion is by Vladimir Grossen and Bea Baumann.

References

*Citation
last1 = Caviezel
first1 = Zita
last2 = Herzog
first2 = Georges
last3 = Keller
first3 = Jürg A.
year = 2006
title = Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Bern, Solothurn
edition = 1st
volume = 3
series = Kunstführer durch die Schweiz
publication-place = Berne
publisher = Gesellschaft für Schweizerische Kunstgeschichte
page = 248
isbn = 3-906131-97-1

External links

* [http://www.ewb.ch/ww/de/pub/produkte/strom_oekostrom/anlagen_in_bern/kraftwerk_felsenau.cfm Information on the operator's website]