Renewable
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: 09.05.2011 15:00
On 9 May 2011, Kraftwerk Tambobach AG and invited guests celebrated the symbolic start of construction on Splügen small hydroelectric power station with a ground-breaking ceremony. The municipality of Splügen has a 30 percent stake in the company, and Alpiq a 70 percent stake. From the autumn of 2012, the power station will generate electricity ...
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: 02.12.2009 09:30
Alpiq Holding Ltd. is expanding its commitment to renewable energies. On 30 November 2009, the Swiss energy services provider signed a cooperation agreement with Swedish wind farm developer Kraftö Vind for the development of four wind farms.
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: 10.08.2009 13:30
The "Perspectives" opinion survey, commissioned by Alpiq and carried out across the country for the first time in 2009, sheds light on the behaviour, concerns and expectations of Swiss electricity consumers. The respondents spontaneously quote shortage of energy as the main risk for the future. In terms of solutions, they greatly overestimate the ...
News: 24.06.2009 16:30
Alpiq Holding Ltd. has acquired a 13.04 percent share in Conceptor Renewable Energy and Technology AS (CRET) of Norway. The company develops, builds and operates renewable energy plants in Scandinavia. By acquiring this interest, Alpiq is expanding its presence in new renewable energies.
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: 07.05.2009
The Alpiq subsidiary Vetrocom Ltd. today celebrated the official ground-breaking ceremony for the Vetrocom Wind Park in Bulgaria. Participants in the ceremony, which took place near the town of Kazanlak some 200 kilometres to the east of the capital city of Sofia, included representatives from Alpiq, the local authorities and suppliers. On the ...
News: 26.01.2009 11:00
Early last year, the combustion of biomass in the form of wood chips in combination with brown coal was successfully launched in the fluidized bed boilers of both the main production units of Alpiq Generation (CZ). Biomass thus replaces a portion of primary energy gained so far only from fossil fuel, brown coal. Thanks to the continuous ...
