CNR’s production sites on the Rhone
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Brégnier-Cordon hydropower plant
Hydropower | plant- Date of commissioning
1983 - Length of headrace canal
7,7 km - Head (height of fall)
13,7 m - Number of turbine units
22 adjustable blade bulb turbines - Maximum turbine throughput
700 m3/s - Average annual production
324 millions de kWh
Champagneux dam
Dams- Date of commissioning
1984 - Equipment
4 openings 18 m wide - Type gate
Radial gates with flaps - Discharge of each gate
700 m3/s
Seyssel dam-hydropower plant
Hydropower | plant- Date of commissioning
1951 - Maximum head (height of fall)
8,75 m - Length of dam-plant turbine bypass
207 m - Useful volume of reservoir
7,6 millions de m3 - Dam discharge
2,370 m3/s - Maximum turbine throughput
600 m3/s - Average annual production
160 million kWh - 3 vertical Kaplan turbine units
15 MVA each
Villeneuve-lez-Avignon dam
Dams- Date of commissioning
1973 - Equipment
5 passes de 22,5 m de long - Type gate
Radial gates including 3 with flaps - Discharge of each gate
1400 m3/s
Avignon hydropower plant
Hydropower | plant- Date of commissioning
1973 - Length of headrace canal
3,3 km - Head (height of fall)
9,5 m - Number of turbine units
4 adjustable blade turbines - Maximum turbine throughput
1600 m3/s - Average annual production
857 millions de kWh
Avignon lock
Locks- Lockage time
15 min - Useful length
190 m - Useful width
12 m - Difference in level
9.5 m
Logis-Neuf hydropower plant
Hydropower | plant- Date of commissioning
1960 - Length of headrace canal
9,5 km - Head (height of fall)
11,7 m - Number of turbine units
6 Kaplan turbines - Maximum turbine throughput
2,100 m3/s - Average annual production
1.2 billion kWh
Logis-Neuf lock
Locks- Lockage time
15 min - Useful length
190 m - Useful width
11,45 m - Difference in level
11,7 m
Barcarin lock
Locks- Lockage time
5 min - Useful length
190 m - Useful width
12 m - Difference in level
2 m - Draught
3 m
Charmes-sur-Rhône dam
Dams- Date of commissioning
1965 - Equipment
6 openings 26 m wide - Type of gate
double fixed wheel gate, 13.5 m high - Discharge of each gate
1670 m3/s
Beauchastel hydropower plant
Hydropower | plant- Date of commissioning
1963 - Length of headrace canal
6,2 km - Head (height of fall)
11,82 m - Number of turbine units
6 Kaplan turbines - Maximum turbine throughput
2100m3/s - Average annual production
1.2 billion kWh
Beauchastel lock
Locks- Lockage time
15 min - Useful length
190 m - Useful width
11,45 m - Difference in level
12 m
Lavours dam and small hydropower plant
Dams- Date of commissioningervice
1982 - Length
81m divided into 4 openings 18 m long - Type of gate
radial gate - Discharge of each gate
700 m3/s
Brens-Virignin hydropower plant
Hydropower | plant- Date of commissioning
1982 - Length of headrace canal
15,1 km - Head (height of fall)
18 m - Number of turbine units
2 adjustable blade bulb turbines - Maximum turbine throughput
700 m3/s - Average annual production
453 million kWh
Caderousse dam
Dams- Date of commissioning
1975 - Equipment
8 openings 22 m wide - Type of gate
Radial gates with flaps, 17 m high - Discharge of each gate
2,100 m3/s
Caderousse hydropower plant
Hydropower | plant- Date of commissioning
1975 - Length of headrace canal
4,5 km - Head (height of fall)
8,6 m - Number of turbine units
6 adjustable blade bulb turbines - Maximum turbine throughput
2,280 m3/s - Average annual production
843 billion kWh
Caderousse lock
Locks- Lockage time
15 min - Useful length
190 m - Useful width
11,45 m - Difference in level
8,6 m
Motz dam
Dams- Date of commissioning
1980 - Equipment
5 openings 18 m wide - Type of gate
Radial gates, the two gates on the banks are equipped with flaps - Dam discharge capacity
4,150 m3/s
Anglefort hydropower plant
Hydropower | plant- Date of commissioning
1980 - Length of headrace canal
8,8 km - Head (height of fall)
17 m - Number of turbine units
2 adjustable blade bulb turbines, 45 MW each - Maximum turbine throughput
700 m3/s - Average annual production
449 million kWh
Donzère dam
Dams- Date of commissioning
1952 - Equipment
6 openings including 5 of 31.5 m wide and 1 of 45 m - Type of gate
Radial gate with flap, 9 m high - Discharge of each gate
1,550 m3/s
Bollène hydropower plant
Hydropower | plant- Date of commissioning
1952 - Length of headrace canal
28 km - Head (height of fall)
22,5 m - Number of turbine units
6 Kaplan turbines - Maximum turbine throughput
1,980 m3/s - Maximum turbine throughputmoyenne
2 billion kWh
Bollène lock
Locks- Lockage time
15 min - Useful length
190 m - Useful width
11,45 m - Difference in level
12 m
Rochemaure dam
Dams- Date of commissioning
1957 - Equipment
6 passes de 26 m de long - Type of gate
double fixed wheel gate, 12 m high - Discharge of each gate
1,350 m3/s
Châteauneuf-du-Rhône hydropower plant
Hydropower | plant- Date of commissioning
1957 - Length of headrace canal
13,4 km - Head (height of fall)
16,5 m - Number of turbine units
6 turbines « Kaplan » - Maximum turbine throughput
1,850 m3/s - Average annual production
1.5 billion kWh
Châteauneuf-du-Rhône lock
Locks- Lockage time
15 min - Useful length
190 m - Useful width
11,45 m - Difference in level
16,5 m
Saint-Pierre-de-Bœuf dam
Dams- Date of commissioning
1977 - Equipment
6 openings 20 m wide - Type of gate
radial gate 20 m x 12.10 m high including 3 equipped with flaps - Dam discharge
7,500 m3/s
Sablons hydropower plant
Hydropower | plant- Date of commissioning
1977 - Length of headrace canal
12 km - Head (height of fall)
12,2 m - Number of turbine units
4 adjustable blade bulb turbines - Maximum turbine throughput
1,600 m3/s - Installed capacity
160 MW - Average annual production moyenne
885 billion kWh
Sablons lock
Locks- Lockage time
15 min - Length
195 m - Width
12,1 m - Difference in level
12,2 m
Pierre-Bénite hydropower plant
Hydropower | plant- Date of commissioning
1966 - Length of headrace canalérivation
11,2 km - Head (height of fall)
9 m - Number of turbine units
4 adjustable blade bulb turbines - Maximum turbine throughput
1,400 m3/s - Installed capacity
80 MW - Average annual production
528 million kWh
Pierre-Bénite lock
Locks- Length
195 m - Width
12,1 m - Difference in level
11,6 m
Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône lock
Locks- Lockage time
11 min - Useful length
132 m - Useful width
11,45 m - Difference in level
1 m - Draught
4,25 m
Arras dam
Dams- Date of commissioning
1971 - Equipment
6 openings 22 m wide - Type of gate
radial gate 22 m x 12.8 m high including 4 equipped with flaps - Discharge of each gate
1,800 m3/s
Gervans hydropower plant
Hydropower | plant- Date of commissioning
1971 - Length of headrace canal
3,8 km - Head (height of fall)
11,5 m - Number of turbine units
4 adjustable blade bulb turbines - Maximum turbine throughput
1,650 m3/s - Installed capacity
120 MW - Average annual production
668 million kWh
Gervans lock
Locks- Lockage time
15 min - Length
195 m - Width
12,1 m - Difference in level
11,5 m
Porcieu-Amblagnieu hydropower plant
Hydropower | plant- Date of commissioning
1986 - Length of headrace canal
1,2 km - Head (height of fall)
9,68 m - Number of turbine units
2 adjustable blade bulb turbines - Maximum turbine throughput
700 m3/s - Average annual production
249 million kWh
Villebois dam
Dams- Date of commissioning
1986 - Equipment
4 passes de 18 m de long - Type of gate
radial gates equipped with flaps - Discharge of each gate
800 m3/s
Le barrage de Vallabrègues
Dams- Date of commissioning
1970 - Equipment
8 passes de 22 m de long - Type of gate
radial gates equipped with flaps, 14.6 m high - Discharge of each gate
1,800 m3/s
Beaucaire hydropower plant
Hydropower | plant- Date of commissioning
1970 - Length of headrace canal
11 km - Head (height of fall)
11,3 m - Number of turbine units
6 adjustable blade bulb turbines - Maximum turbine throughput
2,200 m3/s - Average annual production moyenne
1.3 billion kWh
Beaucaire lock
Locks- Lockage time
15 min - Useful length
190 m - Useful width
11,45 m - Difference in level
11,3 m
Vaugris dam-hydropower plant
Hydropower | plant- Date of commissioning
1980 - Head (height of fall)
6,7 m - Equipment of dam
6 openings 21 m wide, radial gates 12.8 m high - Equipment of plant
4 bulb turbines - Maximum turbine throughput
1400 m3/s - Installed capacity
72 MW - Average annual production
332 million kWh
Vaugris lock
Locks- Lockage time
15 min - Length
195 m - Width
12,1 m - Difference in level
6,7 m
The dam of Genissiat
Dams- Year of commissioning
1948 - Height
72.7 m - Width at the base
90 m - Average annual productibility
1.78 billion kWh - Power installed
420 MW - Number and type of groups
6 Francis groups