Hydroelectric
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There are 556 hydroelectric power plants in Switzerland that have a capacity of at least 300 kW. Some of these are listed below: [1]
The following page lists power stations in Switzerland . For traction current see List of installations for 15 kV AC railway electrification in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
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There are 556 hydroelectric power plants in Switzerland that have a capacity of at least 300 kW. Some of these are listed below: [1]
| Name | Capacity (MWe) | Location | Geographic coordinates | Type | Operational | Notes |
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| Beznau Nuclear Power Plant, reactor I | 365 | Döttingen | 47°33′09″N8°13′43″E / 47.5524656°N 8.2285935°E | PWR | 1969- | |
| Beznau II | 365 | Döttingen | 47°33′06″N8°13′42″E / 47.5517343°N 8.2282394°E | PWR | 1971- | |
| Mühleberg Nuclear Power Plant | 355 | Muehleberg | 46°58′08″N7°16′05″E / 46.9688616°N 7.2680515°E | BWR | 1972-2019 | |
| Gösgen Nuclear Power Plant | 970 | Däniken | 47°21′58″N7°58′00″E / 47.3659747°N 7.9666758°E | PWR | 1979- | |
| Leibstadt Nuclear Power Plant | 1165 | Leibstadt | 47°36′06″N8°10′57″E / 47.6016925°N 8.1826043°E | BWR | 1984- | |
| Name | Capacity (MW) | Location | Geographic coordinates | Type and fuel | Operational |
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| Monthey | 55 | Monthey | - | combined cycle [10] | 2009 |
| Tridel | 17 | Lausanne | - | waste [11] | - |
| Giubiasco | 16 | Giubiasco | - | waste | - |
A gas turbine testing facility in Birr AG, belonging to Ansaldo Energia, sometimes feeds up to 740 megawatts into the Swiss electricity grid. [12]
The Limmat is a river in Switzerland. The river commences at the outfall of Lake Zurich, in the southern part of the city of Zurich. From Zurich it flows in a northwesterly direction, after 35 km reaching the river Aare. The confluence is located north of the small town of Brugg and shortly after the mouth of the Reuss.
Small hydro is the development of hydroelectric power on a scale suitable for local community and industry, or to contribute to distributed generation in a regional electricity grid. Exact definitions vary, but a "small hydro" project is less than 50 megawatts (MW), and can be further subdivide by scale into "mini" (<1MW), "micro" (<100 kW), "pico" (<10 kW). In contrast many hydroelectric projects are of enormous size, such as the generating plant at the Three Gorges Dam at 22,500 megawatts or the vast multiple projects of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower. Hydropower supplies one sixth of the world's electricity, almost 4500 TWh in 2020, which is more than all other renewable sources combined and also more than nuclear power. Hydropower can provide large amounts of low-carbon electricity on demand, making it a key element for creating secure and clean electricity supply systems. A hydroelectric power station that has a dam and reservoir is a flexible source, since the amount of electricity produced can be increased or decreased in seconds or minutes in response to varying electricity demand. Once a hydroelectric complex is constructed, it produces no direct waste, and almost always emits considerably less greenhouse gas than fossil fuel-powered energy plants. However, when constructed in lowland rainforest areas, where part of the forest is inundated, substantial amounts of greenhouse gases may be emitted.
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Hydroelectricity is currently China's largest renewable energy source and the second overall after coal. According to the International Hydropower Association, China is the worlds largest producer of hydroelectricity as of 2021. China's installed hydroelectric capacity in 2021 was 390.9 GW, including 36.4 GW of pumped storage hydroelectricity capacity, up from 233 GW in 2011. That year, hydropower generated 1,300 TWh of power, an increase of 68 TWh over 2018 when hydropower generated 1,232 TWh of power, accounting for roughly 18% of China's total electricity generation.
