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List of power stations in Switzerland

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJan 19, 2025
Entity authorityQ15242474 ↗
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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.

Hydroelectric

There are 556 hydroelectric power plants in Switzerland that have a capacity of at least 300 kW. Some of these are listed below:

Nuclear

Thermal

A gas turbine testing facility in Birr AG, belonging to Ansaldo Energia, sometimes feeds up to 740 megawatts into the Swiss electricity grid.

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