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For a producer like Alpiq to meet the day-to-day demand for electricity, we need to have a sophisticated asset trading capability. It’s a 24/7…

After more than six years of construction work, the Fionnay and Nendaz hydropower plants, as well as the waterfall that connects Lac des Dix to these…

The potential to harness the solar energy is vast. Alpiq intends to make greater use of this energy source – for example with PV systems on the…

Leytron, 16 January 2023. The municipality of Leytron, Genedis and Alpiq are joining forces to develop an alpine solar power project on the heights of…

Switzerland is long in summer and short in winter. That is, we produce more electricity than we can use in summer and less than we need in winter. As…

The two run-of-river power plants Gösgen and Ruppoldingen will generate approximately 8 GWh of additional electricity in the winter half-year…

In consideration of the risk of electricity shortages in Switzerland during the 2022-2023 winter season, Alpiq has made a rapid analysis of the…

The European electricity market as we know it today only came into being in 1998, when a new law, the Electricity Supply Act, was passed with the aim…

Finhaut, Switzerland – The ninth of September 2022 will remain a significant date for Nant de Drance. The inauguration of this 900 MW pumped storage…

In the autumn of 2022, Alpiq Hydro Aare AG will start reinforcing several sections of the embankments of the over 100-year-old Aare Canal in Niederamt…