OSSBERGER Small decentralized hydropower stations

OSSBERGER
Small decentralized
hydropower stations
presented by
Mr. Helmut Erdmannsdoerfer, MD
OSSBERGER GmbH + Co
91781 Weißenburg / Germany
www.ossberger.de
Ossberger
facts 2013
•The production comprises turbines up to an output of 3.3 MW
•More than 10.000 turbines have been produced and installed...
•... and operate in almost 100 countries on all five continents
•The production surface amounts to 9.550 m²
•Annual production reaches an average of 100 units
•Almost 120 people are employed
•Ossberger is represented in 46 countries throughout the world
Hydro power – what is it?
Zengamina Rapids in Zambia –
a new future for a remote rural area
Situation before 2008
• Energy available only three hours a day
• Loud, stinky and cost intensive Diesel
generators provide this energy
• Modern medical equipment is available yet
cannot be used
• No household aids for women
• No refrigeration of food
• Education is only possible during daylight and
without modern technologies
• Hardly any business possibilities
• High unemployment
• Migration of young people to big cities
Zengamina Rapids in Zambia –
a new future for a remote rural area
Facts today
• 700 kW Ossberger Crossflow Turbine
• Start of operation in 2008 after four years of
construction
• Replacement of the formerly used Diesel generators
• Development of small businesses (hammer mills,
welding shops, food stores)
• Strongly improved medical treatment through the
use of technical equipment and light
• Reduction of rural exodus
• Better education by the use of computers
Zengamina Rapids in Zambia –
a new future for a remote rural area
Development
of Energy
Production
Energy production up to today: nearly 4000 MWh
Zengamina Rapids in Zambia –
a new future for a remote rural area
Investment costs
a total of about 1.6 million EUR including:
• hydromechanical equipment
• civil works
• penstock
• 10 km of transmission line*
equaling 2 200 EUR per kW
The Ossberger®
cross-flow turbine
Thank you very much
for your attention !