Electricity from wind energy

Alpiq is strongly committed to renewable energies, in particular wind energy. This is part of our contribution towards climate protection and promoting the use of new technologies.

Our investments in wind energy are opening up promising business opportunities. With its range of flexible power stations, Alpiq is able to make optimal use of the potential of wind energy, which plays a prominent role in our power generation portfolio.

Wind power stations in Europe

We generate electricity for Europe

Alpiq generates electricity from hydro power, fossil fuels, nuclear energy and new renewable energies. Our power stations deliver an attractive mix of peak load and base load energy.

Through its own power stations, Alpiq contributes to Swiss and European electricity supplies. We produce base load energy and offer a large proportion of attractive peak load energy which we use flexibly to cover our customers' fluctuating requirements. When it comes to power generation, we take a responsible approach to resource management.

Power plants in 2017	MW	Installed capacity MW	GWh	Production GWh
Hydropower		2,677		3,907
Switzerland	2,677		3,907
Small-scale hydropower, wind, photovoltaics		306		506
Switzerland	16		48
Bulgaria	73		138
France	14		35
Italy	203		285
Nuclear power		795		4,401
Switzerland	795		4,401
Conventional thermal power		2,160		5,978
Italy	318		2,522
Spain ¹	846		877
Czech Republic	593		2,062
Hungary	403		517
Total²		5,938		14,792

¹ Of the installed capacity, 50 % is owned by Alpiq and 50 % is managed by Alpiq

² Net (after deducting pumped energy), excluding long-term purchase contracts

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