Power plant · Canton of Aargau, Switzerland
Kraftwerk Reckingen
Kraftwerk Reckingen is a hydroelectric power plant in Canton of Aargau, Switzerland, with 38 MW of capacity, owned by EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG, AEW Energie and Axpo AG.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Canton of Aargau | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1930 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | AEW Energie | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Axpo AG | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Axpo AG | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 38 MW | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Run-of-river hydro | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 47.5706, 8.3382 | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the owner.
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Kraftwerk Reckingen is the 10th-largest of 14 power plants in Canton of Aargau and the 71st-largest of 96 in Switzerland by capacity; its 38 MW is 0.17% of the 21,969 MW we hold for Switzerland. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canton of Aargau | 10th of 14 | 2,669 MW | 1.4% |
| Switzerland | 71st of 96 | 21,969 MW | 0.17% |
| All power plants in our data | 4,635th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 39 substations and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 4, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Umspannwerk Tiengen | Substation | — | — | 9.2 km |
| Umspannwerk Gurtweil | Substation | — | — | 10 km |
| 110 kV substation (OSM way/105019729) | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
| Hegau Cloud | Data center | — | — | 46 km |
Owners, operator and place
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Data on this page
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- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass). OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass), ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.