| Company location | Laufenburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg |
| Power plant type | Pumped-storage power plant |
| Commissioned in | 1931-1976 |
| Head | 160 to 625 meters (depending on location) |
| Electrical output (all power plants combined) |
1,588 MW (pump operation), 1,740 MW (turbine operation) |
Facts and figures
Biggest long-term storage facility in Germany
Schluchseewerk AG, a 50% subsidiary of RWE Power, operates five pumped-storage power plants in the Black Forest with a total installed capacity of 1,800 MW. As contractually agreed, RWE Power can dispatch half of the installed generating sets and, hence, 50% of the installed capacity of Schluchseewerk AG.
