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.
Hydroelectric
There are 556 hydroelectric power plants in Switzerland that have a capacity of at least 300 kW. Some of these are listed below:
Station Capacity (MW) Location Geographic coordinates Status Aue Power Station 3.9 Baden Operational Bieudron Hydroelectric Power Station 1,269 Bieudron Operational Chandoline Power Station 120 Operational Dietikon Power Station 2.6 Dietikon Operational Etzelwerk Power Station 140 Altendorf Operational Fionnay Power Station 290 Operational Gletsch Small Hydro Gletsch Historic Grimsel 1 Hydroelectric Power StationGrimsel Hydropower Scheme 1,450 Guttannen Operational Grimsel 2 Hydroelectric Power Station(pumped-storage hydroelectric power station) 350 Guttannen ? Operational Höngg Power Station 1 Zurich Operational Kappelerhof Power Station 6.8 Baden OperationalKüblis Power Station45KüblisOperational La Bâtiaz Power Station (Emosson Dam) 162 Martigny Operational Letten Power Station 4 Zurich Operational Linth–Limmern Power Stations 1,480 Linthal Operational Mauvoisin Dam Power Stations 363 Bagnes Operational Mubisa power station 26 Ernen Operational Nant de Drance 900 Finhaut Operational Nendaz Power Station 390 Operational Ottenbach Small Hydro Ottenbach Historic as of 1920Robbia Power Station27PoschiavoOperational Schiffmühle Power Station 2.6 Untersiggenthal Operational Thorenberg Power Station 0.75 Littau Operational since May 1886, second in the world Turgi Power Station 1 Turgi Operational Verzasca Hydroelectric Power Station 105 Tenero-Contra Operational Wettingen Power Station 26 Wettingen Operational Wysswasser Power StationGKW Fiesch 3.1 Fiesch Operational
Nuclear Name Capacity (MWe) Location Geographic coordinates Type Operational Notes Beznau Nuclear Power Plant, reactor I 365Döttingen PWR 1969– Beznau II 365 Döttingen PWR 1971– Mühleberg Nuclear Power Plant 355 Muehleberg BWR 1972–2019 Gösgen Nuclear Power Plant 970 Däniken PWR 1979– Leibstadt Nuclear Power Plant 1165Leibstadt BWR 1984–
Thermal Name Capacity (MW) Location Geographic coordinates Type and fuel Operational Monthey 55 Monthey - combined cycleAlpiq website 2009 Tridel 17 Lausanne - wasteTridel website - 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.
See also
List of power stations in Europe List of largest power stations in the world List of wind farms in Switzerland
References