The following page lists power stations in Switzerland. For traction current see List of installations for 15 kV AC railway electrification in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
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There are 556 hydroelectric power plants in Switzerland that have a capacity of at least 300 kW. Some of these are listed below:[1]
Station | Capacity (MW) | Location | Geographic coordinates | Status |
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Aue Power Station[2] | 3.9 | Baden | 47°28′13″N 8°18′40″E | Operational |
Bieudron Hydroelectric Power Station | 1,269 | Bieudron | 46°11′07″N 7°14′58″E | Operational |
Chandoline Power Station | 120 | Operational | ||
Dietikon Power Station[3] | 2.6 | Dietikon | 47°24′36″N 8°24′30″E | Operational |
Etzelwerk Power Station[4] | 140 | Altendorf | 47°11′40″N 8°48′40″E | Operational |
Fionnay Power Station | 290 | Operational | ||
Gletsch Small Hydro | Gletsch | 46°33′49″N 8°21′45″E | Historic | |
Grimsel 1 Hydroelectric Power Station[5] | 1,450 | Guttannen | 46°34′20″N 8°19′47″E | Operational |
Grimsel 2 Hydroelectric Power Station (pumped-storage hydroelectric power station)[5] | 350 | Guttannen | 46°34′23″N 8°20′16″E? | Operational |
Höngg Power Station[6] | 1 | Zurich | 47°24′07″N 8°29′13″E | Operational |
Kappelerhof Power Station[2] | 6.8 | Baden | 47°29′04″N 8°17′35″E | Operational |
Küblis Power Station | 45 | Küblis | 46°54′50″N 9°46′55″E | Operational |
La Bâtiaz Power Station (Emosson Dam) | 162 | Martigny | 46°04′03″N 6°55′56″E | Operational |
Letten Power Station[7] | 4 | Zurich | 47°23′15″N 8°31′56″E | Operational |
Linth–Limmern Power Stations | 1,480 | Linthal | 46°51′00″N 9°0′03″E | Operational |
Mauvoisin Dam Power Stations | 363 | Bagnes | 45°59′53″N 7°20′55″E | Operational |
Mubisa power station | 26 | Ernen | Operational | |
Nant de Drance | 900 | Finhaut | 46°03′49″N 6°54′40″E | Operational |
Nendaz Power Station | 390 | Operational | ||
Ottenbach Small Hydro | Ottenbach | 47°16′47″N 8°23′51″E | Historic as of 1920 | |
Robbia Power Station | 27 | Poschiavo | 46°20′54″N 10°3′41″E | Operational |
Schiffmühle Power Station[2] | 2.6 | Untersiggenthal | 47°29′19″N 8°15′54″E | Operational |
Thorenberg Power Station | 0.75 | Littau | 47°03′10″N 8°14′53″E | Operational since May 1886, second in the world |
Turgi Power Station[2] | 1 | Turgi | Operational | |
Verzasca Hydroelectric Power Station | 105 | Tenero-Contra | 46°11′48″N 8°50′53″E | Operational |
Wettingen Power Station[8] | 26 | Wettingen | 47°27′24″N 8°19′14″E | Operational |
Wysswasser Power Station[9] | 3.1 | Fiesch | 46°23′48″N 8°08′07″E | Operational |
Name | Capacity (MWe) | Location | Geographic coordinates | Type | Operational | Notes |
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Beznau Nuclear Power Plant, reactor I | 365 | Döttingen | 47°33′09″N 8°13′43″E | PWR | 1969- | |
Beznau II | 365 | Döttingen | 47°33′06″N 8°13′42″E | PWR | 1971- | |
Mühleberg Nuclear Power Plant | 355 | Muehleberg | 46°58′08″N 7°16′05″E | BWR | 1972-2019 | |
Gösgen Nuclear Power Plant | 970 | Däniken | 47°21′58″N 7°58′00″E | PWR | 1979- | |
Leibstadt Nuclear Power Plant | 1165 | Leibstadt | 47°36′06″N 8°10′57″E | BWR | 1984- | |
Name | Capacity (MW) | Location | Geographic coordinates | Type and fuel | Operational |
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Monthey | 55 | Monthey | - | combined cycle[10] | 2009 |
Tridel | 17 | Lausanne | - | waste[11] | - |
Giubiasco | 16 | Giubiasco | - | waste | - |
A gas turbine testing facility in Birr AG, belonging to Ansaldo Energia, sometimes feeds up to 740 megawatts into the Swiss electricity grid.[12]
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