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Bitsch hydroelectric plant — Power plant · StorageBelalp Solar solar project -- — Announced · Solar · Switzerland · 8.1 MW · 7.6 km awayProjekt Gondosolar solar project -- — Announced · Solar · Switzerland · 15.9 MW · 17.2 km awayHohsaas solar project -- — Announced · Solar · Switzerland · 7.5 MW · 21.6 km away
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Bitsch hydroelectric plant

Power plant · Storage

Key facts

Power plant · Storage Operating
Capacity
Capacity: sourceGlobal Energy Monitor — Global Integrated Power Tracker (unit-level power plants, eight technologies, all statuses) · Open license, with creditMW
Commissioned
1969
Location
Wallis, Switzerland

Details

Who’s behind it

Owner
Alpiq Suisse SA, BKW Energie AG, Industrielle Werke Basel (IWB) and 4 more

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Technology
Storage source: “hydropower / conventional storage”
Age
57 years since 1969
Units
1
1 attribute from Global Energy Monitor — Global Integrated Power Tracker (unit-level power plants, eight technologies, all statuses)
AttributeValue
Gem
Owners
Name
Industrielle Werke Basel (IWB)
Share pct
14
Gem entity id
E100000186693
Name
Axpo Power AG
Share pct
13
Gem entity id
E100000137036
Name
Alpiq AG
Share pct
11
Gem entity id
E100000186491
Name
BKW Energie AG
Share pct
16
Gem entity id
E100000001376
Name
Forces Motrices Valaisannes SA (FMV)
Share pct
11
Gem entity id
E100000186696
Name
Groupe E SA
Share pct
10
Gem entity id
E100000186695
Name
Alpiq Suisse SA
Share pct
23
Gem entity id
E100000186694
Unit ids
G100000603515
Location id
L100000603480
Subnational
Wallis
Unit statuses
Operating
1
Location accuracy
exact

Ownership

7 companies7
CompanyRoleShareSource
Industrielle Werke Basel (IWB) Owner 14.0% GEM
Axpo Power AG Owner 13.0% GEM
Alpiq AG Owner 11.0% GEM
BKW Energie AG Owner 16.0% GEM
Forces Motrices Valaisannes SA (FMV) Owner 11.0% GEM
Groupe E SA Owner 10.0% GEM
Alpiq Suisse SA Owner 23.0% GEM

Timeline

  • In service · GEM

Sources

2 sources

Sources GEM · Global Energy Monitor — Global Integrated Power Tracker (unit-level power plants, eight technologies, all statuses)

Sources

  • GEMOpen license, with credit · retrieved Oct 26, 2026Global Integrated Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, September 2026 release (https://globalenergymonitor.org/projects/global-integrated-power-tracker), CC BY 4.0. Modified by Inframation: TransitionZero-sourced rows removed; statuses and technologies mapped to Inframation's vocabulary; figures aggregated. Copyright © Global Energy Monitor. Global Integrated Power Tracker, September 2026 release. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
  • Global Energy Monitor — Global Integrated Power Tracker (unit-level power plants, eight technologies, all statuses)

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Around this plant

Nearby

within 25 km
ProjectKindAwayMW
Belalp Solar solar project -- Announced Solar 7.6 km 8.1
Projekt Gondosolar solar project -- Announced Solar 17.2 km 15.9
Hohsaas solar project -- Announced Solar 21.6 km 7.5

Sources GEM

Sources

  • GEMOpen license, with credit · retrieved Oct 26, 2026Global Integrated Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, September 2026 release (https://globalenergymonitor.org/projects/global-integrated-power-tracker), CC BY 4.0. Modified by Inframation: TransitionZero-sourced rows removed; statuses and technologies mapped to Inframation's vocabulary; figures aggregated. Copyright © Global Energy Monitor. Global Integrated Power Tracker, September 2026 release. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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