Mario Graf

Innertkirchen (energate) - The Board of Directors of Kraftwerke Oberhasli AG (KWO) from Innertkirchen in the Swiss canton of Bern gave the green light for the construction of the pumped storage plant on 27 March. The Grimsel 4 project has an investment volume of around 327 million euros. The pumped storage facility is to be built in the Oberberner Land region between Lakes Grimsel and Räterichsboden. … Would you like to continue reading? Register now and access this news free of charge.

Bern/Baden (energate) - Building permits for new hydropower plants are a rarity in Switzerland. However, two such permits were announced on 1. January. One of them: the Grimsel 4 pumped storage power plant of Kraftwerke Oberhasli AG (KWO), which is worth millions and has a planned capacity of 150 MW. He had just received the news today that KWO had received the building permit for Grimsel 4, said BKW CEO Robert Itschner at the Swiss Electricity Congress in Bern.

Baden, Switzerland (energate) - The Swiss company Axpo has agreed a partnership with Raiffeisen Waren-Zentrale Rhein-Main AG (RWZ) for the development of solar parks in Germany. RWZ is one of the largest German agricultural trading companies. Accordingly, the focus is on solar plants in rural regions. RWZ will be responsible for approaching landowners and negotiating the corresponding contracts, Axpo announced.