Power Plant

Handeck II hydroelectric plant

Switzerland

41st-largest power plant in Switzerland of 55 · top 77% worldwide (#22,753 of 29,849)

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Operator: Kraftwerke Oberhasli AG (KWO)
Owner: Energie Wasser Bern (EWB), Elektrizitätswerk Der Stadt Zürich (EWZ), Industrielle Werke Basel (IWB), BKW Energie AG
Status: operating
Capacity: 126 MW
Fuel: hydro
Commissioned: 1950

Comparable power plants · Switzerland · 55 ranked

#1Leibstadt nuclear power plant1.3 GW · nuclear
#39Gordola hydroelectric plant133 MW · hydro
#40Tierfehd Umwaelzwerk hydroelectric plant131 MW · hydro
#41Handeck II hydroelectric plant126 MW · hydro
#42Lötschen hydroelectric plant122 MW · hydro
#43Amsteg hydroelectric plant120 MW · hydro

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Grid connection · within 50 km

Nearest substation: Lavorgo
Its voltage: 400 kV
Distance: 45 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

Handeck III hydroelectric plant329 m · Grid Storage · 55 MW
Handeck I hydroelectric plant366 m · Power Plant · 100 MW · hydro
Grimsel 4 hydroelectric plant5.3 km · Power Plant · 118 MW · hydro
Grimsel 2 hydroelectric plant5.3 km · Power Plant · 388 MW · hydro
Robiei hydroelectric plant25 km · Grid Storage · 192 MW

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Portfolio

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

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