Grimsel 2 hydroelectric plant

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Other names: Grimsel II Ost

Grimsel 2 hydroelectric plant is an operating hydroelectric power plant in Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district, Oberland administrative region, Bern, Switzerland.

Project Details

Table 1: Project details for Grimsel 2 hydroelectric plant

Status Commissioning year Nameplate capacity Turbines Technology type Owner Operator
Operating[1] 1981[1] 388 MW[1] 4[2] Conventional storage[1] BKW Energie AG [50%]; Energie Wasser Bern (EWB) [16%]; Elektrizitätswerk Der Stadt Zürich (EWZ) [16%]; Industrielle Werke Basel (IWB) [16%][3][3][3][3] Kraftwerke Oberhasli AG (KWO)[4]

Location

Table 2: Location details for Grimsel 2 hydroelectric plant

Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district, Oberland administrative region, Bern, Switzerland[5] 46.5681, 8.3193 (exact)[5]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20220616201225/https://api.geo.admin.ch/rest/services/energie/MapServer/ch.bfe.statistik-wasserkraftanlagen/200100/extendedHtmlPopup?lang=en. Archived from the original on 2022-06-16. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20221028182837/https://www.grimselstrom.ch/produktion/strom-aus-wasserkraft/kraftwerke/. Archived from the original on 2022-10-28. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20220616203423/https://www.grimselstrom.ch/ueber-kwo/aktionaere/. Archived from the original on 2022-06-16. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220624232051/https://www.grimselstrom.ch/wp-content/uploads/kwo_gb_2020.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-06-24. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 https://ld.geo.admin.ch/energy/hydropowerplant/200100. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)