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Limmern hydroelectric plant
2nd-largest grid storage in Switzerland of 17 · top 50% worldwide (#481 of 965)
- Operator
- Kraftwerke Linth-Limmern AG (KLL)
- Owner
- Axpo Power AG, Canton of Glarus
- Status
- operating
- Capacity
- 1,000 MW
- Technology
- pumped storage
- Commissioned
- 2016
- Also listed as
- A power plant — this site generates as well as stores
Comparable grid storages · Switzerland · 17 ranked
- #1Lago Bianco hydroelectric plant1.0 GW
- #2Limmern hydroelectric plant1.0 GW
- #3Nant De Drance hydroelectric plant900 MW
- #4Mapragg hydroelectric plant280 MW
Grid connection · within 50 km
- Nearest substation
- Unterwerk Limmern
- Its voltage
- 380 kV
- Distance
- 69 m
- Strongest line nearby
- 380 kV
- Line operator
- Swissgrid
- Substations in range
- 6
Mapped grid infrastructure from OpenStreetMap, whose coverage is excellent in some regions and sparse in others. Nothing shown here means nothing is mappednearby — not that the site is unconnected. Lines are matched on a segment’s midpoint, so a corridor passing directly overhead can be missed; this under-reports rather than invents.
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Limmern hydroelectric plant0 m · Power Plant · 1.0 GW · hydro
- Unterwerk Limmern69 m · Substation / Converter
- Tierfehd Limmern hydroelectric plant3.6 km · Power Plant · 352 MW · hydro
- Tierfehd Umwaelzwerk hydroelectric plant3.9 km · Power Plant · 131 MW · hydro
- Tierfehd Umwaelzwerk hydroelectric plant3.9 km · Grid Storage · 131 MW
- 380 kV line4.1 km · Transmission Line
- Unterwerk Tierfed4.1 km · Substation / Converter
- Vorableitung11 km · Transmission Line
- Schaltanlage Tavanasa11 km · Substation / Converter
- Schwanden-Tierfehd13 km · Transmission Line
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Watercourse: Muttsee
SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Integrated Power, March 2026 (CC BY 4.0)