Power plant · Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

Rheinau power station

Rheinau power station is a hydroelectric power plant in Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, with 368 MW of capacity, operated by EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG and Axpo Holding.

Facts

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Fact	Value	Source
Location	Canton of Zurich	Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Start year	1957	Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG	Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	Axpo Holding	Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity	368 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	47.6389, 8.6018	Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Rheinau power station is the largest of 2 power plants in Canton of Zurich and the 19th-largest of 96 in Switzerland by capacity; its 368 MW is 1.7% 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 Zurich	1st of 2	411 MW	89%
Switzerland	19th of 96	21,969 MW	1.7%
All power plants in our data	1,490th of 15,799	1,918,113 MW	<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this power plant: 42 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
110 kV substation (OSM way/105019729)	Substation	—	—	18 km
110 kV substation (OSM way/193310664)	Substation	—	—	18 km
Umspannwerk Rielasingen	Substation	—	—	21 km
Hegau Cloud	Data center	—	—	25 km

Operators and place

Other power plants in Canton of Zurich

Eglisau-Glattfelden Power Station43.4 MW

All 2 power plants in Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

Data on this page

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