Title :
From Ismail to Rotterdam: the trans-European waterway
Author_Institution :
IEE German Centre, Munich, Germany
fDate :
11/17/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The author explains how electricity provided the financial base for a civil-engineering project whose inspiration dates back to the Dark Ages. The author discusses the role of hydroelectric power, including pumped storage, in the design and operation of the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal. In particular the author discusses the pumping stations and water resources and water flow control
Keywords :
hydroelectric power; hydroelectric power stations; pumped-storage power stations; pumping plants; Rhine-Main-Danube Canal; hydroelectric power; pumped storage; trans-European waterway; water flow control; water resources control;
Journal_Title :
IEE Review
DOI :
10.1049/ir:19940605
