The Schapfen-Mill-Tower is a tall silo tower near
Ulm
Ulm () is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Danube on the border with Bavaria. The city, which has an estimated population of more than 126,000 (2018), forms an urban district of its own (german: link=no, ...
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Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
. Schapfen-Mill-Tower started construction in 2004 and was completed in 2005. It was the tallest operational
grain elevator for a time following the demolition of
Henninger Turm in 2013, but was surpassed in 2016 with the completion of the
Swissmill Tower in
Zürich
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, twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco
Zürich ...
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Switzerland.
Inside the tower are 30 cells inside which about 8,000
metric tons of grain can be stored.
The intake capacity is 120 tonnes per hour. The facade on the south side is equipped with a
photovoltaic system consisting of 1300
CIS solar modules, which produces about 70,000 kWh of electricity annually. However, due to the vertical mounting, the plant yields only about 70 percent of the theoretically possible yield.
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Official Website
Towers in Germany
Buildings and structures in Baden-Württemberg
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