Hydropower
News: 09.04.2013 11:00
The modernisation of the Navizence hydroelectric power station (VS) has entered its final phase. The seven old machine groups have been dismantled and replaced with three new machine groups, each with a capacity of 24.3 MW. Work to upgrade the building is in progress and should be completed by the end of 2013.
News: 01.02.2013 10:00
Andrea Papina from the canton of Ticino will take over the position of Director of Alpiq Hydro Ticino SA. He will replace Alfredo Baldi who led the company based in Airolo (TI) for the past twelve years.
News: 01.02.2013 10:00
Guillaume Gros will take over as Director of Electricité d'Emosson SA in spring 2013. He will replace Olivier Dumas who has led the Martigny (VS) based hydropower company since 1996.
News: 11.01.2013 11:00
The certification of the Ruppoldingen hydroelectric power station with the quality label "naturemade star" bears fruit: Since with money from the green electricity fund, over the last two years numerous pools and ponds have been revitalised and built, river banks renaturised and new biotopes created. Since 2010 support grants of a total of around ...
News: 11.10.2012 16:30
After a construction time of only eight months, the small-scale hydroelectric power station in Tambobach in Splügen (canton of Graubünden, GR) went into operation at the end of August 2012. An inaugural celebration, organised by the operating company Wasserkraftwerk Tambobach AG will take place in the power station control centre on Saturday, 13 ...
News: 12.09.2012 11:00
Alpiq Energie France will in future sell electricity from small French hydroelectric power stations belonging to RWE, Cédecel and CHCR. The corresponding contracts were signed on 12 September 2012. With this step Alpiq Energie France underlines its position as an important partner for marketing the energy from generators of electricity in France.
News: 21.03.2012 14:00
The Stegbach culvert under the Aare canal in Obergösgen is being refurbished. The ravages of time have taken their toll on the nearly 100 year old structure. The construction work started in the middle of March and will take six months to complete.
News: 09.12.2011 10:30
Over the past five years the Miéville station of the Salanfe storage power complex has undergone a CHF 25.8 million facelift. The capacity of the new machines has increased by 16 percent to 70 MW, without any change in the water supply. The renovation work was officially completed on 3 November 2011.
News: 08.11.2010 11:00
On 2 November 2010 the government of the canton of Grisons granted Kraftwerk Tambobach AG the licence for construction of a small hydroelectric station. Following the concession granted by the municipality of Splügen in May 2009 and the subsequent review by cantonal experts, the Cantonal Council in Chur has now given its consent to the project on ...
News: 26.07.2010 15:00
In fine weather the 8.3 kilometer stretch of the Old Aare between the Winznau weir and the confluence of the downstream canal at Schönenwerd/Niedergösgen in the canton of Solothurn is a popular leisure destination. Alpiq wishes to point out the danger of a rapid rise in the water level in the event of a fault in the power plant.
News: 29.01.2010 10:00
The demand for ecologically generated electricity is growing. Hence the Swiss energy services provider Alpiq subjected its hydroelectric power station in Ruppoldingen to a check by the Association for Environmentally Sound Energy (VUE). The power station, situated on the river Aare, fulfils the high level requirements and has hence been awarded ...
News: 10.11.2009 10:30
As part of the construction of the underground pumped storage power station between the Emosson and Vieux-Emosson dams, Nant de Drance SA is examining the possibility of increasing the installed capacity from 600 to 900 MW. The main reason is the growing need for control and peak energies, and the increase in capacity would also involve the ...
News: 21.08.2009 12:00
On 29 August, the public will have an opportunity to visit around fifty hydropower schemes in Switzerland as part of the Hydropower Day organised by the Association suisse pour l’aménagement des eaux (ASAE). Alpiq will take part in the event by opening six of its schemes to the public. A generator of power in Switzerland that is over 50% derived ...
News: 19.08.2009 15:00
Four years of work to increase the efficiency of Flumenthal power station on the river Aare near Solothurn have come to a successful close. The modernised plant operated by Swiss energy supply company Alpiq has added six percent extra generating capacity. The additional electricity generated from renewable hydropower is enough to supply around ...
News: 30.06.2009 14:00
A groundbreaking ceremony held on Tuesday 30 June, 2009, marked the start of construction work on the Nant de Drance pumped storage power station in the Valais municipality of Finhaut. The festivities were attended by more than 100 guests, including Alpiq CEO Giovanni Leonardi, SBB CEO Andreas Meyer and Walter Steinmann, Director of the Federal ...
News: 23.06.2009 14:30
Atel Hydro AG is the owner-operator of Gösgen hydroelectric station, which also includes the Winznau weir near Olten. Since the weir will require major investments in the medium term, the company is seeking to renew the concession in good time. On Thursday, 25 June 2009, the Canton of Solothurn Office for Environment is inviting representatives of ...
News: 15.06.2009 12:00
At its General Meeting on 12 June 2009, the Valais Electricity Company FMV SA decided to participate in Nant de Drance SA. This Project Company is responsible for the construction of the new pumped storage power station in the lower Valais. Participants in the company are Alpiq, new with 54 percent, the Swiss Railways SBB, new with 36 percent and ...
News: 19.05.2009 15:30
On 15 May 2009 the municipal assembly of Splügen granted Wasserkraftwerk Tambobach AG the concession to use the waters of the River Tambo for hydroelectricity generation. This paves the way for construction of a small hydroelectric power station in the Graubünden municipality, with an annual production volume of six to seven million Kilowatt-hours.
News: 09.03.2009 16:15
Swiss energy group Alpiq has been named the preferred bidder, along with consortium partner Hydro Power Nord Albania, in the international HPP Curraj tender for the construction of hydroelectric power stations on the River Curraj in Albania. The Albanian government announced the results of the tender on 9 March 2009. Alpiq can now start ...
