Renewable
The system has been in service since September 2011 and consists of 42 wind turbines that are installed in the provinces of Caltanisetta, Palermo and Agrigento. The wind farm provides an output power of 84 MW.
The official inauguration of the Sevre small hydro power station in the Norwegian borough of Bromma, about 160 kilometres northwest of the Capital City Oslo, took place in the middle of August 2008.
In the Grisons village of Trans, Alpiq EcoPower is involved in a drinking water power station through its shares in Entegra WK AG. The municipality of Trans is located at nearly 1400 metres above sea level in the district of Hinterrhein.
In conjunction with the renewal of the licence for the Lucendro power plant complex and the construction of a second pressure line to the Airolo power station, Alpiq built the Sella small hydro power station. Commissioned in October 1991, this power station uses the 100-meter difference in height between the Sella reservoir and Lake Lucendro.
At the end of 2003 the old turbine generator group was replaced with a new machine at the cost of around CHF 1.2 million. The small hydro power station now generates some 60 % more electricity than the old weir turbine. The volume of electricity produced meets the needs of around 480 households in the region.
Isento AG with its registered office in Thal operates six power stations in the eastern part of Switzerland. The company was founded in 1990 and since the 15th of March 2007 has been fully owned by Alpiq EcoPower Schweiz AG.
The three small hydroelectric power stations in the Swiss canton of Thurgau together generate an annual output of 9 gigawatt hours of electricity. The Model and Mühle power stations were put into operation on the river Thur in 1942 and 1950 respectively. The Widen power station has been generating hydroelectric power since 1989.
The two small hydroelectric power stations belonging to Hydro-Solar Energie AG in the Swiss canton of Berne have a combine capacity 0.9 Megawatt and generate 4.6 GWh annually. With a consumption of 4500 kWh this equates to a supply of electricity for around 1100 households.
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.
The Reisæter small hydroelectric power station uses the hydropower from two streams for generating electricity. The plant with a capacity of 1.4 MW is situated around 70 kilometres to the east of the City of Bergen in Norway. The two machines generate about 4.9 GWh of electricity per year.
In 2010 Alpiq acquired a holding in the Cers wind park. The system is situated in the well-known wine growing area of Les Corbières not far from the town of Carcassonne. The installed power is 8 MW and the electricity generated is around 22 GWh per annum.
The Gravières wind park is a power plant with a total output of 11 MW. Acquired by Alpiq in 2008, the wind park is situated near Montélimar in the Department of Drôme.
The Le Bayet small hydroelectric power station, which Alpiq acquired in 2008, is located in the French Alps near Albertville. It is the first small hydroelectric power station acquired by the Alpiq Group in France. The generated electricity is equivalent to the average annual requirement for around 3400 households.
The Narzole (CN) small hydroelectric power station is situated in the Piemont Region (Italy) and is being operationally managed by Alpiq Hydro Italia S.r.l., a company of the Alpiq group. The power station is operating since 2004 and uses the hydro energy from the Sarmassa canal.
The small hydroelectric power station in Italy's Piedmont region has been harnessing the power of the Vogna torrent since the spring of 2009. Electricity is generated fully in keeping with the principle of sustainable management of the costly resource of water. By investing in renewable energy, Alpiq is helping to protect the climate.
The clear waters of the River Sesia in the Italian region of Piedmont are revered among anglers as the cradle of fly fishing. In the winter sports resort of Alagna, nor far from the source, the small hydroelectric power station generates environmentally friendly natural electricity.
After a construction period of about half a year and investments of around EUR 80 million, the first Alpiq wind farm in Bulgaria has gone into operation. The Vetrocom wind farm is situated in the city of Kazanlak, 200 kilometres east of the capital, Sofia.
