Châtelard-Vallorcine hydroelectric plant

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Châtelard-Vallorcine hydroelectric plant is an operating hydroelectric power plant on the border of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France and Wallis, Switzerland.

Project Details

Table 1: Project details for Châtelard-Vallorcine hydroelectric plant

Status Commissioning year Nameplate capacity Turbines Technology type Owner Operator
Operating[1][2] 1978[2] 260 MW[2] 4[3] Conventional and pumped storage[4] Alpiq Suisse SA [50%]; Electricité de France (EDF) [50%][5] Emosson (ESA)[6]

Location

Table 2: Location details for Châtelard-Vallorcine hydroelectric plant

Cross-border location 1 Cross-border location 2 Coordinates (WGS 84)
Upper Savoy, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France[7] Saint-Maurice, Wallis, Switzerland[7] 46.0513, 6.9488 (exact)[7]

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References

  1. "ENTSO-E Transparency Platform, Installed Capacity Per Production Unit". European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity. 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220616195503/https://api.geo.admin.ch/rest/services/energie/MapServer/ch.bfe.statistik-wasserkraftanlagen/506800/extendedHtmlPopup?lang=en. Archived from the original on 16 June 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20220623023800/https://www.alpiq.com/power-generation/hydropower-plants/storage-power-plants/emosson. Archived from the original on 23 June 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20220616205330/https://emosson.ch/en/amenagements/centrale-de-vallorcine. Archived from the original on 16 June 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://emosson.ch/en/amenagement. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20220616203341/https://emosson.ch/en/emosson-sa. Archived from the original on 16 June 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220616200754/https://ld.geo.admin.ch/energy/hydropowerplant/506800. Archived from the original on 16 June 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)