Power Plant

Grimsel 2 hydroelectric plant

Switzerland

10th-largest power plant in Switzerland of 55 · top 36% worldwide (#10,518 of 29,849)

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Operator: Kraftwerke Oberhasli AG (KWO)
Owner: Elektrizitätswerk Der Stadt Zürich (EWZ), Energie Wasser Bern (EWB), Industrielle Werke Basel (IWB), BKW Energie AG
Status: operating
Capacity: 388 MW
Fuel: hydro
Commissioned: 1981

Comparable power plants · Switzerland · 55 ranked

#1Leibstadt nuclear power plant1.3 GW · nuclear
#8Nendaz hydroelectric plant392 MW · hydro
#9Muehleberg nuclear power plant390 MW · nuclear
#10Grimsel 2 hydroelectric plant388 MW · hydro
#11Tierfehd Limmern hydroelectric plant352 MW · hydro
#12Bitsch hydroelectric plant340 MW · hydro

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Grid connection · within 50 km

Nearest substation: Lavorgo
Its voltage: 400 kV
Distance: 42 km
Strongest line nearby: 380 kV
Line operator: SBB
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

Grimsel 4 hydroelectric plant940 m · Power Plant · 118 MW · hydro
Handeck II hydroelectric plant5.3 km · Power Plant · 126 MW · hydro
Handeck I hydroelectric plant5.5 km · Power Plant · 100 MW · hydro
Handeck III hydroelectric plant5.5 km · Grid Storage · 55 MW
Robiei hydroelectric plant20 km · Grid Storage · 192 MW

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Portfolio

All assets by Kraftwerke Oberhasli AG (KWO) →All assets by Elektrizitätswerk Der Stadt Zürich (EWZ) →All assets by Energie Wasser Bern (EWB) →All assets by Industrielle Werke Basel (IWB) →All assets by BKW Energie AG →

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