ENERGIES OF YESTERDAY AND TODAY

SAINT AVOLD
ENERGIES OF YESTERDAY AND TODAY

A mast, a rotor, blades and a nacelle: These are the four elements of a windmill capable of converting the kinetic energy of the wind into electricity. A great many of these windmills may be seen along the roads that wind their way across the Lorraine plateau.

Practical information

Fitness / outdoor trails from SAINT AVOLD, mode of transport / activity : Cyclotouring, on the theme(s) : Historic.
From these hills, you will catch sight of another means of generating electricity from a source of heat in the nearby forest plain of Warndt. The cooling towers of Emile Huchet power plant, built in 1948, are an imposing sight. This power plant is located close to pits where its raw material, coal, was mined.

Features of the route

difficult
Plus de 50 km
Loop
Distance in kms : 65
Difference in altitude : 480
Duration of the course : 05:30

Altimeter profile

Route line

The course

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ENERGIES OF YESTERDAY AND TODAY