Nant De Drance hydroelectric plant

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Nant De Drance hydroelectric plant is an operating hydroelectric power plant in Saint-Maurice, Wallis, Switzerland.

Project Details

Table 1: Project details for Nant De Drance hydroelectric plant

Status Commissioning year Nameplate capacity Turbines Technology type Owner Operator
Operating[1] 2022[2] 900 MW[3] 6 x 150 MW[4] Pumped storage[3] Alpiq [39%]; Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) [36%]; Industrielle Werke Basel (IWB) [15%]; Forces Motrices Valaisannes SA (FMV) [10%][5] Nant de Drance SA[5]

Location

Table 2: Location details for Nant De Drance hydroelectric plant

Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Saint-Maurice, Wallis, Switzerland[6] 46.0625, 6.8982 (exact)[6]

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References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20221108132055/https://balkangreenenergynews.com/portugal-switzerland-launch-pumped-storage-hydropower-plants-of-over-2-gw-in-total/. Archived from the original on 08 November 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20220624210628/https://www.alpiq.com/power-generation/hydropower-plants/projects/nant-de-drance. Archived from the original on 24 June 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220616180651/https://api.geo.admin.ch/rest/services/energie/MapServer/ch.bfe.statistik-wasserkraftanlagen/506850/extendedHtmlPopup?lang=en. Archived from the original on 16 June 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20220926220315/https://www.nant-de-drance.ch/en/the-plant. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20221002152700/https://www.nant-de-drance.ch/en/company. Archived from the original on 02 October 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 https://ld.geo.admin.ch/energy/hydropowerplant/506850. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)