Getzner Holding

Getzner Energie

Getzner is one of Austria’s pioneers in the area of power generation and power supply. The company already converted the hydropower plants formerly used to drive its machines to electricity generation as early as in the late 19th century, and new power stations have since then gone into operation.

Power plants

Getzner Energie consists of four active power plants in Bludenz and Bürs, which are operated using hydropower. The Alvier power plant at the exit of the Bürs gorge is one of the largest private power plants in Austria. It is equipped with three turbines and has been in operation since 1910. The smaller power plants – Alvier Plant II, Klarenbrunn Upper Stage and Klarenbrunn Lower Stage – are each equipped with just one turbine. Getzner Energie is the distribution network operator and energy supplier for Getzner Textil and Getzner Werkstoffe.

Output of our power plants
Alvier plant: 5 MVA
Alvier plant II: 455 kVA
Klarenbrunn upper level: 767 kVA
Klarenbrunn lower level: 797 kVA

Hydropower

With electricity generated from hydropower, Getzner Energie makes an important contribution to environmental and climate protection. This type of electricity generation is completely resource-friendly and uses water as a renewable energy source. The use of water to generate electricity has a long tradition in Austria – almost two thirds of the electricity generated in this country is supplied by Getzner Energie.

Distribution grid

Getzner, Mutter & Cie. operates its own distribution grid and supplies the companies Getzner Textil and Getzner Werkstoffe with electricity. The maximum output currently equals 7.1 MW. Nine transformers with capacities ranging from 800 kVA to 6.3 MVA have been installed for the operation of the power plants and the energy supply.

The 20 kV distribution grid has a total length of 6 km and guarantees an extremely reliable availability. The connections to the substation VIW Bürs that are necessary for the loop structure are operated by Vorarlberger Energienetze GmbH.

Geschichte

1856

At the upper spinning mill in Nenzing, the water wheel was replaced with a Girard turbine to power the factory’s machines.

First generator “Siemens Dynamo”, 1886

1886

With the aid of a direct current generator, the Klarenbrunn spinning mill was lit by electric lighting for the first time.

1896

The Mengbach plant was built in Nenzing – the first plant that was not located directly next to the factory but next to water. The energy generated by the generator was transmitted to the lower and the upper spinning mill via high-voltage power lines.

Mengbach plant, 1909

Alvier plant, 1932

1910

The Alvier plant, the largest of the four power plants in operation today, was built in Bürs and went into operation with two sets of machines in 1911. The third and largest turbine was added in 1925.

1922

The Alvier plant II near the Lünersee factory is the smallest of the power plants and went into operation in 1923 with the installation of a new turbine plant to meet the increasing electricity consumption.

Alvier plant II, 1988

1954/55

The contracts between Getzner, Mutter & Cie. and Vorarlberger Illwerke AG represented a milestone in the history of the power station and also secured the entire company’s future electricity supply.

Klarenbrunn lower level, 1968

1964

The new power plant Klarenbrunn upper level was built in Bludenz, and went into operation in 1964. Klarenbrunn lower level was built in 1968 and also went into operation that same year.

1984

The Mengbach plant in Nenzing as well as the power plants by the upper and lower spinning mill had to cease operations due to the transfer of the water rights to Vorarlberger Illwerke.

Tschapina intake, 2020

1999

Heavy rainfall caused an entire slope and street called Branderstrasse to slide downhill near the Tschapina intake (Alvier plants). The intake had to be completely rebuilt.

2005

The Brunnenfeld intake (Klarenbrunn plants) was modernised due to damages in consequence of heavy flooding.

Brunnenfeld intake, 2020

Alvier plant, 2020

2010

The high-pressure pipeline was replaced to coincide with the Alvier plant’s centenary. The power plant was shut down for three months. The new pipeline made it possible to increase the maximum output to 4,800 kW.

2020

The new Alvier plant II, equipped with an Ossberger cross-flow turbine, went into operation in March 2020.

Turbine at the Alvier plant II, 2020

Downloads

Legal publications

Getzner fuel mix disclosure data table 2023

System Average Interruption Duration Index (SAIDI) and Average System Interruption Duration Index (ASIDI) data 2022

Information sheet for grid operators as per the Austrian Electricity Act 2010 – ElWOG 2010

Information sheet for suppliers as per the Austrian Electricity Act 2010 – ElWOG 2010

Getzner – General electricity supply terms and conditions applicable from 1 July 2022

General grid terms and conditions of the Vorarlberg grid operators 2014

Information about electricity prices

Getzner Quality Metrics 2024

Getzner Energie

St. Annastraße 9, 6700 Bludenz
Österreich

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