New renewable energies for Switzerland and Europe
Small hydropower and wind power: Alpiq is meeting the challenge of achieving secure, low-carbon supplies of electricity for Switzerland and Europe by driving forward the expansion of renewable energies.
M&A Rinnovabilli S.r.l. is building a 40 MW wind farm in Cattolica Eraclea, around 20 km northwest of Agrigento on Sicily. The plant is to go operational in the second half of 2010.
EolJorat is a wind farm project jointly managed by Alpiq and Romande Energie with the aim of building five wind farms, each with a capacity of 3 Megawatts (MW).
M&A Rinnovabilli S.r.l. is setting up a solar farm on Monte Narbone near Agrigento, in Sicily. The plant will use thin-film solar cells to convert the sun’s energy into electricity. The solar cells, which are made in-house, have a combined capacity of 14 MW.
In conjunction with the municipality of Splügen, Alpiq is building a new small hydroelectric station. The joint venture, Kraftwerk Tambobach AG, is investing around CHF 9 million in the project.
"Tous-Vents" is a wind farm project in the Gros-de-Vaud region, covering the Vaud municipalities of Essertines-sur-Yverdon, Orzens, Pailly, Ursins and Vuarrens.
After Alpiq was issued the operational approval in November 2010 the company has put its first wind park in Bulgaria into commercial operation. After a construction period of about half a year and investments of around 80 million euro, the 20 wind turbines are now in operation near the city of Kazanlak, 200 kilometres east of the capital Sofia.
