LAUTA POWER STATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006000810004-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 29, 2008
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: March 14, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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I N FORMAT,' ON RE POP INFORMA
CENTRAL `INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Law - 18. U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited 125X1
COUNTRY East Germarr
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
DATE ACQUIRED
Lauta Power Station
DATE DISTR.
NO. OF PAGES
14 March 1955
REQUIREMENT NO. RD - C 607A
REFERENCES
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SOURCE EVALUATIONS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE
1. The capacity of the Lauta power station which is situated near Senftenberg
in the Niederlausits area and supplies several large industrial undertakings
with current, has been increased by the installation of two new turbosets,
thus bringing its total of turbosets up to six. The total installed capacity
is now about 108,000 KW.
2. Another turboset (the seventh) is at present (12 - 14 December 1954) under-
going tests and is scheduled to be connected to the network on 27 December
1954.
3. Turboasts Nos. 8 and 9 are still being erected. Their capacity will be in
the vicinity of 12,500-13,000 KW. Test runs are scheduled to begin on
1 February 1955.
4.
The installation work at Lauta has been carried out by members of VEB -
Haschinenbau Goerlits.
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