Sils hydroelectric plant

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Other names: Sils Khr

Sils hydroelectric plant is an operating hydroelectric power plant in Viamala, Grisons, Switzerland.

Project Details

Table 1: Project details for Sils hydroelectric plant

Status	Commissioning year	Nameplate capacity	Turbines	Technology type	Owner	Operator
Operating	1961	247 MW	4	Conventional storage	Edison International Shareholdings SpA [20%]; Industrielle Werke Basel (IWB) [2%]; Repower AG [6%]; BKW Energie AG [7%]; Axpo Power AG [19%]; Canton of Grisons [12%]; Elektrizitätswerk Der Stadt Zürich (EWZ) [19%]; Alpiq Suisse SA [9%]	Kraftwerke Hinterrhein

Location

Table 2: Location details for Sils hydroelectric plant

Location	River	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Viamala, Grisons, Switzerland	Albula River	46.7031, 9.4666 (exact)

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