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Mottec hydroelectric plant
13th-largest grid storage in Switzerland of 17 · top 95% worldwide (#913 of 965)
- Operator
- Forces Motrices de la Gougra
- Owner
- Alpiq AG, Rhonewerke AG, Sierre, Sierre Energie, Municipality of Chippis, Municipality of Chalais, Municipality of Anniviers
- Status
- operating
- Capacity
- 89 MW
- Technology
- pumped storage
- Commissioned
- 1958
- 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
- #11Ritom Nuova hydroelectric plant120 MW
- #12Le Chatelard hydroelectric plant112 MW
- #13Mottec hydroelectric plant89 MW
- #14Zermeiggern hydroelectric plant74 MW
- #15Rempen hydroelectric plant66 MW
Grid connection · within 50 km
- Nearest substation
- Poste de Chippis
- Its voltage
- 380 kV
- Distance
- 16 km
- Strongest line nearby
- 400 kV
- Line operator
- Swissgrid
- Substations in range
- 3
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
- Chamoson-Chippis15 km · Transmission Line
- 380 kV line16 km · Transmission Line
- Poste de Chippis16 km · Substation / Converter
- Stalden hydroelectric plant20 km · Power Plant · 185 MW · hydro
- Chandoline hydroelectric plant20 km · Power Plant · 150 MW · hydro
- Lötschen hydroelectric plant21 km · Power Plant · 122 MW · hydro
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SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Integrated Power, March 2026 (CC BY 4.0)