Alpiq, partners plan to develop Swiss solar PV project
Alpiq, Grande Dixence SA, and the municipality of Heremence, have signed a letter of intent to develop a solar photovoltaic (PV) project in Switzerland.
Project preparation is ongoing. A measurement and testing equipment will be installed at the site in the next weeks to collect climatic data and estimate solar power potential. An ecological impact evaluation will follow in summer. By 2023, the partners intends to apply for a building permit and open the solar farm by 2025.
Country updates
-
-
December 15, 2022
Energy Infrastructure Partners achieves first closing of its energy transition infrastructure fund
Energy Infrastructure Partners (EIP), in collaboration with Credit Suisse Investment Foundation, has raised EUR1 billion ($1.06 billion) in investor commitments for the first close of its global...
Read more -
November 23, 2022
Final close for Swiss sustainable energy fund
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced the final close for the Solas Sustainable Energy Fund ICAV (SSEF), an EU-focused fund advised by Solas Capital AG, with investment commitments of EUR22...
Read more -
August 31, 2022
Swiss Life Asset Managers launched Fontavis ESG Renewable Infrastructure Fund II
Swiss Life Asset Managers has launched Fontavis ESG Renewable Infrastructure Fund II, its second international renewable energy fund. The Fund has a target size of EUR750 million (US$748.9...
Read more -
July 08, 2022
Developers commission 900 MW pumped storage power plant at the Vieux Emosson dam
Alpiq Group, the Swiss Federal Railways (SFR), Industrielle Werke Basel (IWB) and Forces Motrices Valaisannes (FMV), after fourteen years, have commissioned the 900 MW Nant de Drance pumped storage po...
Read more -
June 29, 2022
Axpo proposes 15 MW hydrogen project in Brugg
Axpo Holding AG has submitted the building permit application for a 15 MW facility in northern Switzerland that will produce green hydrogen and serve filling stations. About 2,000 tonnes of green hyd...
Read more
