Power Plant

Bitsch hydroelectric plant

Switzerland

12th-largest power plant in Switzerland of 55 · top 38% worldwide (#11,325 of 29,849)

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Owner: Industrielle Werke Basel (IWB), Axpo Power AG, Alpiq AG, BKW Energie AG, Forces Motrices Valaisannes SA (FMV), Groupe E SA, Alpiq Suisse SA
Status: operating
Capacity: 340 MW
Fuel: hydro
Commissioned: 1969

Comparable power plants · Switzerland · 55 ranked

#1Leibstadt nuclear power plant1.3 GW · nuclear
#10Grimsel 2 hydroelectric plant388 MW · hydro
#11Tierfehd Limmern hydroelectric plant352 MW · hydro
#12Bitsch hydroelectric plant340 MW · hydro
#13Biasca hydroelectric plant324 MW · hydro
#14Fionnay-Dixence hydroelectric plant306 MW · hydro

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Grid connection · within 50 km

Nearest substation: Poste de Chippis
Its voltage: 380 kV
Distance: 35 km
Strongest line nearby: 380 kV
Line operator: Swissgrid
Substations in range: 1

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

Lonza Visp Chemical Plant10 km · Chemical Plant
Stalden hydroelectric plant16 km · Power Plant · 185 MW · hydro
Lötschen hydroelectric plant20 km · Power Plant · 122 MW · hydro

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Portfolio

All assets by Industrielle Werke Basel (IWB) →All assets by Axpo Power AG →All assets by Alpiq AG →All assets by BKW Energie AG →All assets by Forces Motrices Valaisannes SA (FMV) →All assets by Groupe E SA →All assets by Alpiq Suisse SA →

SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Integrated Power (CC BY 4.0)