Amlach power station
Amlach power station is a diversionary-run-of-the-river hydroelectricity power generating station on the Drava river in Austria. The power station is operated by Tiroler Wasserkraft on river water flowing between Tassenbach, Strassen, Tyrol and Amlach, near Lienz.
It is the only run-of-river power station in Tyrol. A small natural lake next to Tassenbach railway station is used for water extraction and daily buffering, then the water flows via underground pipes down a height of to the power station at Amlach, where two 60-Megawatt Francis turbines are installed, after which the water is returned to the river Drava via a short draft tube and tail race.
For the official opening in March 1989, a special charter train transported guests, including, directly from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to a temporary station on the close to the power station.
