Birs small power plants
Small power plants on the Birs
Alpiq acquired the four plants from Ziegler Papier AG in 2007, in so doing strengthening its declared commitment to "small" hydroelectric power plants. The volume of electricity generated corresponds to the average annual consumption of some 2,400 households.
New Renewable Power
Small Hydropower Plants
Switzerland
Nenzlingen, Moos, Büttenen I and Büttenen II (Canton Baselland), Switzerland
7 MW
Alpiq: 100 %
1940s, fully renovated in the 1990s
11 GWh (2010)
No
in service