Technical data of the Bigge and Lister dams
| Water management | |
| Total storage capacity | 171.7 millionm3 |
| of which reservoir | |
| Lister dam | 21.6 millionm3 |
| Eichhagen | 5.3 millionm3 |
| Dumicke | 0.2 millionm3 |
| Kessenhammer | 0.3 millionm3 |
| Bremge | 0.3 millionm3 |
| Reservoir target Biggetal dam | 307.51 m above sea level |
| Lister dam target | 319.53 m above sea level |
| Catchment area (including Lister dam) | 287 km2 |
| Reservoir surface area at reservoir target (including Lister dam) | 8.76 km2 |
| Barrier structure (rockfill dam) | |
| Height of dam crest | 310.50 m above sea level |
| Greatest height above valley floor | 52 m |
| Crown length | 640 m |
| Crown width | 10 m |
| Largest base width | 220 m |
| Dam capacity | 1.9 millionm3 |
| Pre-basin | |
| Lister dam (gravity dam) | |
| Elevation of the crest | 320.72 m above sea level |
| Crown height above foundation base | 42 m |
| Crown length | 264 m |
| Crown width | 6 m |
| Largest width at the base of the dam | 31,5 m |
| Dumicketal pre-dam (rockfill dam with clay core and sheet pile wall seal) | |
| Height of the dam crest | 309.5 m above sea level |
| Crown height | 13 m |
| Crown length | 110 m |
| Crown width | 5 m |
| Largest base width | 48 m |
| Eichhagen pre-dam (rockfill dam with asphalt concrete core sealing) | |
| Height of the dam crest | 310.5 m above sea level |
| Crown height | 20,5 m |
| Crown length | 230 m |
| Crown width | 9,5 m |
| Largest base width | 95 m |
| Kessenhammer pre-dam (rockfill dam with asphalt surface sealing) | |
| Height of the dam crest | 309.5 m above sea level |
| Crown height | 15 m |
| Crown length | 140 m |
| Crown width | 5 m |
| Largest base width | 62 m |
| Pre-dam Bremgetal (rockfill dam with asphalt concrete core sealing) | |
| Height of dam crest | 309.5 m above sea level |
| Crown height | 16 m |
| Crown length | 125 m |
| Crown width | 5 m |
| Largest base width | 68 m |
| Bottom outlet and headrace tunnel | |
| diameter | 4,00 m |
| length | 437 m |
| Discharge devices: | |
| - 2 DN 1500 cone jet valves | |
| - 4 turbines of the Bigge power station | |
| Total flow max. | 125m3/s |
| Spillway | |
| Inlet tower: | |
| Height above the valley floor | 50 m |
| diameter | 4,80 m |
| Length of the tunnel | 505 m |
| Flow rate rated at | 347m3/s |
| Bigge power station | |
| Supply line: | |
| Bottom outlet and headrace tunnel, diameter | 4,00 m |
| Max. effective gradient | 53 m |
| 3 vertical Francis turbines with three-phase synchronous generator | |
| per genset: | |
| Capacity | 12.5m3/s |
| Capacity | 5,000 kW |
| 1 horizontal Francis turbine with three-phase synchronous generator | |
| Capacity | 1.5m3/s |
| Power output | 600 kW |
| Average total annual production of the Bigge power plant | 22 million KWh |
| Lister power plant | |
| Supply line: Diameter | 2,00 m |
| Max. effective gradient | 27 m |
| 1 vertical Kaplan turbine with three-phase synchronous generator | |
| Capacity | 9m3/s |
| Power output | 2,200 kW |
| Average total annual generation of the Lister power plant | 2 million kWh |
