page_title: GKK Etzenricht
hierarchical_section_title: GKK Etzenricht
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Schild auf dem Gelände der GKK Etzenricht Bayernwerk AG / Gleichstom-Kurzkupplung Etzenricht / Generalunternehmer Siemens AG English: Information sign on the area of GKK Etzenricht
context_page_description: GKK Etzenricht, an abbreviation of Gleichstromkurzkupplung Etzenricht, meaning Etzenricht HVDC-back-to-back station, was an HVDC back-to-back facility near Etzenricht in the district of Neustadt an der Waldnaab in Bavaria, Germany. It was built on the site of the Etzenricht substation, a 380 kV/220 kV/110 kV-substation, which went into service in 1970 and expanded afterwards several times. The facility was used between 1993 and 1995 for exchange of power between Germany and the Czech Republic, operated by Bayernwerk AG.
context_section_description: GKK Etzenricht, an abbreviation of Gleichstromkurzkupplung Etzenricht, meaning Etzenricht HVDC-back-to-back station, was an HVDC back-to-back facility near Etzenricht in the district of Neustadt an der Waldnaab in Bavaria, Germany. It was built on the site of the Etzenricht substation, a 380 kV/220 kV/110 kV-substation, which went into service in 1970 and expanded afterwards several times. The facility was used between 1993 and 1995 for exchange of power between Germany and the Czech Republic, operated by Bayernwerk AG (now part of TenneT).
caption: Sign in front of the inverter hall, photographed in spring 1999, 3.5 years after shut-down
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