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| Location | Hérémence, Hérens District, Valais, Switzerland | ||||
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Deutsch: Der Lac des Dix ist ein Stausee im Bezirk Sion des Kantons Wallis in der Schweiz. Er liegt am südlichen Ende des Val d'Hérémence. Das nördliche Ende des Sees bildet die Staumauer Grande Dixence, die rund 17 km südlich der Kantonshauptstadt Sion liegt.
English: The Grande Dixence Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Dixence River at the head of the Val d'Hérens in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. At 285 m (935 ft) high, it is the tallest gravity dam in the world and is part of the Cleuson-Dixence Complex. With the primary purpose of hydroelectric power generation, the dam fuels four power stations, totaling the installed capacity to 2,069 MW, generating approximately 2,000 GWh annually, enough to power 400,000 Swiss households.
Nederlands: De Grande Dixence-dam ligt aan het einde van Val d'Hérens in het Zwitserse kanton Wallis en is een van de grootste dammen ter wereld. Achter de dam ligt het Lac des Dix een 4 kilometer lang meer, met een volume van 400 miljoen m³ het grootste stuwmeer van Europa. De dam is 285 meter hoog en verzorgt twintig procent van de energievoorziening van Zwitserland.
Norsk bokmål: Grande Dixence er et vannkraft-kompleks bestående av den 285 meter høye Grande Dixence-demningen og kraftstasjonene Fionnay, Nendaz, Chandoline og Bieudron i kantonen Valais, helt sørvest i Sveits. Bieudron-stasjonen i Cleuson har tre Peltonturbiner hver på 432 - 449 MW, med totalt installert vannkrafteffekt på 1 269 MW. Inklusive direkteeffekten av Grand Dixence, er summen av vannkraftproduksjon på inntil 1 800 - 2 000 MW av hele komplekset.
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Media in category "Grande Dixence Dam"
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1963 Information 05.jpg 2,258 × 1,586; 658 KB
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Galerie interne du barrage de la grande dixence.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 1.11 MB
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Grande Dixence-Wegweiser bei der Staumauer.jpg 2,560 × 1,920; 1.44 MB
