Power Grid Projects
Transit axes free from congestion risk
Alpiq is continually expanding Switzerland's largest transmission grid with a view to increasing the country's energy security. To avoid any congestion on our "electricity highways", both now and in the future.
Story: 28.05.2009
Between February and June 2009 Alpiq Grid Ltd. Gösgen installed four new masts along the 220-kV Mettlen – Plattischachen line. The aim of the joint project with the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) in the canton of Uri was to improve protection against flooding by the River Reuss. Combining the two line sections of Alpiq and SBB and rerouting the line ...
Story: 09.09.2010
In July 2010 the Federal Office of Energy (FOE) approved Alpiq's plans for construction of the new high-voltage line between Chamoson and Chippis in the canton of Valais. The approval means that the 380-kV line, around 28 kilometres in length, can be entirely installed as an overhead line.
Story: 26.05.2008
Designed as an artery for expansion of the major Swiss and European high-voltage grids, the Yverdon-Galmiz transmission line will help to ensure energy security in Western Switzerland through its link with the Romanel-Verbois section already in place. The first permit procedure was launched back in 1976, and the project is still attracting keen ...
Story: 20.08.2008
The world's largest off-shore wind farm is currently being constructed in the North Sea off the coast of Germany. GA Energieanlagenbau Nord GmbH, a subsidiary of the AAT Group Heidelberg, has been commissioned to build the high-voltage grid connection route.
