RADAG run-of-river dam hydroelectric power station RADAG run-of-river canal hydroelectric power station 1,400 cubic metres of water rush through the RADAG hydroelectric power station on the Rhine in Albbruck each second That is the equivalent of the daily water consumption of a small town or enough to water the lawn of the Olympic Stadium in Berlin very thoroughly ten times over These enormous volumes of water drive the turbines and thus generate electricity With state-of-the-art machinery and new technology on average 660 million kilowatt hours or 660 gigawatt hours per year Enough to supply around 200,000 households with green electricity A new operating licence for the hydroelectric power station on the Rhine was granted in 2003 and will expire on 31 December 2072 the hydroelectric power station has generated approximately 50 billion kilowatt hours of electricity to date Assuming it will continue to run until 2072 this figure will increase to around 85 billion kilowatt hours A sufficient amount of electricity to supply almost 27 million 3-person households or the federal state of Bavaria with electricity for a whole year RADAG invested 70 million euros in the expansion with the newly built dam power plant More than four million euros went into environmental protection measures To connect the upper with the lower level of the river a 15-metre wide and 800-metre long diversion waterway was created for fish and other river fauna newly constructed pebble islands and strategically placed rocks serve as living spaces for a variety of animals including grass snakes it was time for a complete overhaul of the RADAG run-of-river hydroelectric power station and to future-proof it by installing state-of-the-art technology an investment of around 43 million euros in carbon-free electricity generation Among the new equipment that was installed are three tailor-made turbine impellers which will generate electricity from flowing water even more efficiently in the future the annual output of the run-of-river hydroelectric power station was increased by around 10 per cent To view this video please enable JavaScript and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video RWE and badenova want to jointly build a nucleus for the production transport and distribution of green hydrogen on the Upper Rhine The two companies have now presented their plans to the public for the first time says: "With the planned electrolysis plant at the RADAG run-of-river power plant in Albbruck we will be able to provide green hydrogen here in significant quantities from the end of 2026 The green electricity for this will come from renewable sources in the region RWE is helping industrial and transport customers on the Upper Rhine to convert their processes to green hydrogen and thus achieve their climate targets we are contributing to the development of a hydrogen infrastructure that will connect the region to emerging hydrogen networks in Germany and Switzerland." we need a mix of regeneratively generated electrons and molecules such as green hydrogen," badenova CEO Heinz-Werner Hölscher comments on the project the supplier from Freiburg is now planning the first eight kilometres of hydrogen pipeline on the High Rhine "To secure the industrial location in the border triangle we are actively driving forward the gas grid transformation to H2 grids with industry partners as part of the 3H2 initiative," explains Hölscher the site selection is another milestone on the way to the future The synergy effects with the Upper Rhine Health Park the PFA area and the association sewage treatment plant are obvious and round off the project We actively support the energy transition and will actively support the project," says Stefan Kaiser RWE is planning to build an electrolysis plant with a capacity of 50 megawatts in Albbruck next to RADAG's run-of-river power plant The plant will use green electricity from the region to produce up to 8,000 tonnes of green hydrogen annually The oxygen produced during electrolysis in Albbruck and the process heat are to be used in the district's planned health park in the new quarter on the site of the former Albbruck paper mill (PFA) and in the neighbouring sewage treatment plant the badenova infrastructure subsidiary badenovaNETZE is planning the construction of a new hydrogen pipeline from Waldshut to Albbruck to reach industrial and transport customers on both sides of the Upper Rhine This is a crucial initiative to keep the local business location attractive for industry as the connection to the European hydrogen long-distance network is not planned until the final expansion stage around 2040 The new route is to form the backbone of the future hydrogen supply along the High Rhine and at the same time enable the connection of Baden-Württemberg to the European and national hydrogen infrastructure The feasibility study initiated for this is about to be completed so that construction can then be implemented this is an essential cornerstone of the regional energy and heat turnaround in order to shape a future worth living for generations to come Starting from the approximately 8.5 km long pipeline section from Waldshut to Albbruck an expansion of the infrastructure on the High Rhine in a westerly and easterly direction is possible and is currently being examined in order to extend the hydrogen pipeline to the border triangle of Germany the connection to existing infrastructure is possible For cross-border networking and connection to a parallel Swiss hydrogen network badenova and RWE are in dialogue with the energy utility IWB (Industrielle Werke Basel) which together with Fritz Meyer AG are planning to take over distribution on the Swiss side The plan is to connect to the Swiss grid via a possible Rhine crossing.  As part of the funding programme "Climate Protection and Value Creation through Hydrogen (KWH2)" of the Ministry of the Environment of the State of Baden-Württemberg badenova has received funding for the planned hydrogen pipeline handed over the funding notification in Stuttgart on 4 April To ensure the economic viability of the project RWE and badenova intend to apply for further funding Further information on the project: www.badenovanetze.de/wasserstoff New York Almanack December 21, 2022 by Leave a Comment Born in Switzerland, Joseph C. Pollet (1897–1979) emigrated to New York City in 1911 from Albbruck By age 21 he had a promising career as an advertising copywriter while studying painting at the Art Students League with John Sloan An important member of the Woodstock Art Colony, Pollet was best known for his portraits and realistic rural landscapes. He settled near Woodstock where he retained ties, even during the several years from 1954 until 1961 when he lived in Paris and Italy. In 1971, a fire destroyed nearly 150 of his paintings in his Greenwich Village studio The Historical Society of Woodstock recently acquired Pollet’s  “Self Portrait,” Doug James Pollet exhibited at the Whitney Studio Club He is represented in permanent collections of the Newark Museum The painting was originally acquired by Noelle Gillmor from Joseph Pollet Doug James is also an important member of the Woodstock community He was instrumental in forming Byrdcliffe’s permanent collection and President Emeritus of the Byrdcliffe Guild as well a board member of the Woodstock Artists Cemetery he received his degree from Princeton University Doug James has been playing drums since he was ten He has made two albums with Marilyn Crispell The Historical Society is committed to conserving and documenting its fine arts collection of over 700 paintings the Historical Society has received two conservation grants from the New York State Council on the Arts and the Greater Hudson Heritage Network’s Conservation Grant Program This included funding for the restoration of Arnold Blanch’s “Hervey White in His Studio” (1910) Stories written under the Editorial Staff byline are drawn from press releases and other notices. 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