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Maurik

Maurik
The hydro power plant Maurik was built in 1988 at the weir of Amerongen on the Lower Rhine. The hydro power plant is largely underground.

As well as the turbine and control rooms, visitors can see – and hear – the enormous pipes through which the water rushes almost ten metres below the surface.

A fish ladder, built by the Dutch road and water authority Rijkswaterstaat, is located near the plant.

Thanks to its research into fish migration in the river, Vattenfall can prevent damage to migrating fish by defining specific operating windows during the migration season.

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