Power plant · Switzerland
Centrale di Verbano
Centrale di Verbano is a hydroelectric power plant in Switzerland, with 123 MW of capacity.
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 | Switzerland | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (commissioned) | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 123 MW | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Reservoir hydro (registered as Hydro Water Reservoir) | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 46.1760, 8.6840 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 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.
Request researchHow it compares
Centrale di Verbano is the 36th-largest of 93 power plants in Switzerland by capacity; its 123 MW is 0.57% of the 21,579 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 36th of 93 | 21,579 MW | 0.57% |
| All power plants in our data | 2,000th of 12,230 | 1,691,896 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 2 AI supercomputers, 1 CO2 emitter (447,721 tCO2e) and 1 processing plant, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alps Supercomputer Phase 1 | AI supercomputer | — | Operating | 27 km |
| Alps Supercomputer Phase 2 | AI supercomputer | 10,752 H100e | Operating | 27 km |
| Caravate | CO2 emitter | 447,721 tCO2e | — | 33 km |
| REW-ITA green HUB: Recovery of Wolfram: Italian Technology Advanced green Hub | Processing plant | — | — | 44 km |
Place
Other power plants in Switzerland
- Usine de Fionnay1,542 MW
- KW Oberhasli AG (KWO)1,370 MW
- Bieudron Hydroelectric Power Station1,269 MW
- KernKW Leibstadt AG1,245 MW
- KW Linth-Limmern AG1,141 MW
- Kernkraftwerk Gösgen1,020 MW
- Linth–Limmern Power Stations1,000 MW
- Nant de Drance (NDD)914 MW
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, CC BY 4.0.
- © European Union, European Commission (DG GROW). EU CRMA strategic projects, CC BY 4.0.
- European Commission, Union Registry. EU Union Registry public data, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.
- 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.