Zermeiggern hydroelectric plant

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Zermeiggern hydroelectric plant is an operating hydroelectric power plant in Wallis, Visp, Switzerland.

Project Details

Table 1: Project details for Zermeiggern hydroelectric plant

Status Commissioning year Nameplate capacity Turbines Technology type Owner Operator
Operating[1] 1966[1] 74 MW[1] 2[2] Pumped storage[3] ewl Kraftwerke AG [5%]; City of Sierre [5%]; City of Sitten [11%]; Axpo Solutions AG [38%]; BKW Energie AG [11%]; Centralschweizerische Kraftwerke AG (CKW) [27%][4][4][4][4][4][4] Kraftwerke Mattmark[4]

Location

Table 2: Location details for Zermeiggern hydroelectric plant

Location River Coordinates (WGS 84)
Wallis, Visp, Switzerland[1] Saaser Vispa[2] 46.0824, 7.9572 (exact)[1]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20230221170108/https://www.wri.org/research/global-database-power-plants. Archived from the original on 2023-02-21. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 https://www.power-technology.com/data-insights/power-plant-profile-zermeiggern-power-station-switzerland/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. "Statistics on hydropower plants (WASTA)". api3.geo.admin.ch. Archived from the original on 2024-12-18. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 https://www.kraftwerkemattmarkag.ch/betrieb/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)