Sankt Pantaleon power station

The Laufkraftwerk St. Pantaleon stands on the Enns between the towns of Enns and St. Pantaleon in Lower Austria. Built between 1960 and 1965, it is run by the Ennskraftwerke AG. Modernisation between 1976 and 1977 added automated machinery and moved remote control to Mühlrading. Two Kaplan turbines drive Synchrongenerators here. Each turbine handles up to 145 cubic metres of water per second, yielding 27.287 megawatts per set. One set feeds single-phase current at 16.7 hertz into the railway network, while the other supplies three-phase current at 50 hertz to the public grid. A 500-kilovolt-ampere transformer draws power from a 20-kilovolt line fed by the Laufkraftwerk Thurnsdorf and delivers 400 volts to the plant’s own circuits. Visitors see the powerhouse beside the river with its two turbine halls. The control room in Mühlrading operates the plant remotely. A footpath runs along the riverbank offering views of the water flowing through the intake gates. The surrounding countryside shows the Enns valley’s wide meadows and gentle slopes.