Power Plant

Gordola hydroelectric plant

Switzerland

39th-largest power plant in Switzerland of 55 · top 75% worldwide (#22,151 of 29,849)

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Operator: Azienda Elettrica Ticinese (AET)
Owner: Canton of Ticino, City of Lugano
Status: operating
Capacity: 133 MW
Fuel: hydro
Commissioned: 1965

Comparable power plants · Switzerland · 55 ranked

#1Leibstadt nuclear power plant1.3 GW · nuclear
#37Etzelwerk Altendorf hydroelectric plant135 MW · hydro
#38Rothenbrunnen hydroelectric plant135 MW · hydro
#39Gordola hydroelectric plant133 MW · hydro
#40Tierfehd Umwaelzwerk hydroelectric plant131 MW · hydro
#41Handeck II hydroelectric plant126 MW · hydro

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Grid connection · within 50 km

Nearest substation: Musignano
Its voltage: 380 kV
Distance: 16 km
Strongest line nearby: 380 kV
Substations in range: 4

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

380 kV line5.7 km · Transmission Line
Verbano 1 hydroelectric plant12 km · Power Plant · 119 MW · hydro
Musignano16 km · Substation / Converter
Roncovalgrande hydroelectric plant17 km · Power Plant · 1.0 GW · hydro
Roncovalgrande hydroelectric plant17 km · Grid Storage · 1.0 GW
Biasca hydroelectric plant19 km · Power Plant · 324 MW · hydro

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