Power plants
Pumped storage plants in Switzerland
Rare Context lists 15 pumped storage plants in Switzerland, with 7,671 MW of capacity between them. The largest is KW Oberhasli AG (KWO) (1,370 MW).
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Sorted by capacity; plants not built yet come after the others. A plant counts under each technology its register gives it.
| Power plant | Region | Owner or operator | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| KW Oberhasli AG (KWO) | — | — | 1,370 MW |
| KW Linth-Limmern AG | — | — | 1,141 MW |
| Linth–Limmern Power Stations | Canton of Glarus | — | 1,000 MW |
| Nant de Drance (NDD) | — | — | 914 MW |
| KW Hinterrhein AG | — | — | 640 MW |
| Hongrin-Léman (FMHL) | — | — | 484 MW |
| Centrales de pompage-turbinage de Veytaux | Canton of Vaud | Forces Motrices Hongrin-Léman | 480 MW |
| Engadiner KW AG | — | — | 416 MW |
| KW Sarganserland AG | — | — | 330 MW |
| KW Mattmark AG | — | — | 259 MW |
| Vallorcine hydro power plant | — | — | 190 MW |
| Kraftwerk Etzelwerk | — | — | 125 MW |
| AG KW Wägital | — | — | 108 MW |
| Barberine power station | Canton of Valais | Swiss Federal Railways | 107 MW |
| Kraftwerk CB-VE | — | — | 107 MW |
By region
- Region not recorded12 · 6,084 MW
- Canton of Glarus1 · 1,000 MW
- Canton of Vaud1 · 480 MW
- Canton of Valais1 · 107 MW
Every pumped storage plant in Switzerland, with owners.All 15 in one file, each with its capacity and grid status. We research what the public sources leave out.
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- 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.
- Open Power System Data: conventional power plants (Europe). Open Power System Data: conventional power plants (Europe), Restricted.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.